2021年06月03日 Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri Image Credit & Copyright: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo Explanation: Globular star cluster Omega Centauri, also known as NGC 5139, is some 15,000 light-years away. The cluster is packed with about 10 million stars much older than the Sun within a volume ab […]
2021年06月02日 The Galactic Center in Stars, Gas, and Magnetism Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UMass/Q.D. Wang; Radio: NRF/SARAO/MeerKAT Explanation: What’s going on near the center of our galaxy? To help find out, a newly detailed panorama has been composed that explores regions just above and be
影像来源：NASA/JPL-Caltech 翻译：灼眼的粉丝 6月份的天空会发生什么！ 一个日偏食，天蝎座的刺钩，还有属于6月的朱诺号。 6月10日的日食主要在美国东北部和加拿大以及欧洲西北部可见。加拿大东部的一小块区域将见到日环食。 影像来源：NASA/JPL-Caltech 继上个月的月全食之后，六月的日偏食又来了。6月10日，月球将短暂地滑落在地球和太阳之间，部分遮挡我们的太阳。 5月的月食在太平洋一带观赏效果最佳，而本月的日食对美国东北部、加拿大东部和欧洲北部的观众来说将是一种享受。对于美国观众来说，这是一个日出事件，当太阳升起时，月亮似乎已经咬了太阳一口。所以你要找一个朝向东方地平线
2021年06月01日 Satellites over Orion Image Credit: Amir H. Abolfath Explanation: What are those streaks across Orion? They are reflections of sunlight from numerous Earth-orbiting satellites. Appearing by eye as a series of successive points floating across a twilight sky, the increasing number of comm
Astronomers continue to develop computer simulations to help future observatories better home in on black holes, the most elusive inhabitants of the universe. Though black holes likely exist abundantly in the universe, they are notoriously hard to see. Scientists did not capture the first radio imag
2021年05月31日 Mimas: Small Moon with a Big Crater Image Credit & Copyright: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute, Cassini Explanation: Whatever hit Mimas nearly destroyed it. What remains is one of the largest impact craters on one of Saturn’s smallest round moons. Analysis indicates
2021年05月30日 Aurora over Clouds Image Credit & Copyright: Daniele Boffelli Explanation: Auroras usually occur high above the clouds. The auroral glow is created when fast-moving particles ejected from the Sun impact the Earth’s magnetosphere, from which charged particles spiral along the E
NASA预算请求的公布… 一组新的以地球为中心的任务… 一组新的以地球为中心的任务… 最近新闻速递，尽在「本周NASA」！ 来源：NASA 翻译：灼眼的粉丝 NASA概述总统2022财政年度资金请求 5月28日，NASA局长、参议员比尔·纳尔逊和其他高级官员向媒体通报了拜登·哈里斯政府对该机构2022财年的预算申请，此前白宫发布了全部预算申请。有关248亿美元预算申请的详细信息和支持信息，请访问nasa.gov/budget。 新的NASA地球系统天文台 NASA的地球系统天文台将是一组新的以地球为中心的任务，使用单独的卫星提供关键的下一代数据，以帮助减缓气候变化、保护面临自然灾害的社区并改善
2021年05月29日 Lunar Dust and Duct Tape Image Credit: Apollo 17, NASA Explanation: Why is the Moon so dusty? On Earth, rocks are weathered by wind and water, creating soil and sand. On the Moon, the history of constant micrometeorite bombardment has blasted away at the rocky surface creating a layer of
This image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 5037, in the constellation of Virgo. First documented by William Herschel in 1785, the galaxy lies about 150 million light-years away from Earth. Despite this distance, we can see the delicate structures of gas and dust within the galaxy in extraordinary detail
