2022年4月26日 Planet Parade over Sydney Opera House Image Credit & Copyright: Prasun Agrawal Explanation: The world is waking up to a picturesque planet parade. Just before dawn, the eastern skies over much of planet Earth are decorated by a notable line of familiar planets. In much of Earth’ […]
2022年4月25日 The Great Nebula in Carina Image Credit & Copyright: Ignacio Javier Diaz Bobillo Explanation: In one of the brightest parts of Milky Way lies a nebula where some of the oddest things occur. NGC 3372, known as the Great Nebula in Carina, is home to massive stars and changing nebulas.
2022年4月24日 Split the Universe Image Credit: NASA, Erwin Schrödinger’s cat Explanation: Just now, before you hit the button, two future universes are possible. After pressing the button, though, you will live in only one. A real-web version of the famous Schrödinger’s cat experiment clicking the red
2022年4月23日 Messier 104 Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing & Copyright: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo Explanation: A gorgeous spiral galaxy, Messier 104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust lanes. Seen in silhouette against an extensive
2022年4月22日 Planet Earth at Twilight Image Credit: ISS Expedition 2 Crew, Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, NASA Explanation: No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night in this gorgeous view of ocean and clouds over our fair planet Earth. Instead, the shadow line or termin
2022年4月21日 Apollo 16 Moon Panorama Image Credit: Apollo 16, NASA; Panorama Assembly: Mike Constantine Explanation: Fifty years ago, April 20, 1972, Apollo 16’s lunar module Orion touched down on the Moon’s near side in the south-central Descartes Highlands. While astronaut Ken Mattingly
2022年4月20日 Planet Line over New York Bridge Image Credit & Copyright: Stan Honda Explanation: There’s an interesting sky to see if you wake up before the Sun. Lined up on toward the eastern horizon are four planets in a row. The planets are so bright they can even be seen from the bright
2022年4月19日 Stars and Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Stefan Steve Bemmerl Explanation: The eggs from this gigantic chicken may form into stars. The featured emission nebula, shown in scientifically assigned colors, is cataloged as IC 2944 but known as the Runnin
2022年4月18日 Stars and Planets over Portugal Image Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro (TWAN, Dark Sky Alqueva) Explanation: The mission was to document night-flying birds — but it ended up also documenting a beautiful sky. The featured wide-angle mosaic was taken over the steppe golden fields
2022年4月17日 Shuttle Over Earth Image Credit: NASA, Expedition 22 Crew Explanation: What’s that approaching? Astronauts on board the International Space Station in 2010 first saw it far in the distance. Soon it enlarged to become a dark silhouette. As it came even closer, the silhouette appeared
