Kepler-22b is the first planet discovered inside the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. This artist’s conception from 2011, shows the first planet that NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed to orbit the region around a star where liquid water, a requirement for life on Earth, could exist. […]
2021年01月29日 North American Nightscape Composite Image Credit & Copyright: Liron Gertsman Explanation: On January 21, light from the Moon near first quarter illuminated the foreground in this snowy mountain and night scene. Known as The Lions, the striking pair of mountain peaks are north of Van
2021年01月28日 Messier 66 Close Up Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Copyright: Leo Shatz Explanation: Big, beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 66 lies a mere 35 million light-years away. The gorgeous island universe is about 100 thousand light-years across, similar in size to the Milky Wa
2021年01月27日 The Vertical Magnetic Field of NGC 5775 Image Credit: NRAO, NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Text: Jayanne English (U. Manitoba) Explanation: How far do magnetic fields extend up and out of spiral galaxies? For decades astronomers knew only that some spiral galaxies had magnetic fiel
2021年01月26日 Central NGC 1316: After Galaxies Collide Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Copyright: Daniel Nobre Explanation: How did this strange-looking galaxy form? Astronomers turn detectives when trying to figure out the cause of unusual jumbles of stars, gas, and dust like NGC 1
A powerful new antenna has been added to the NASA Space Communications and Navigation’s Deep Space Network (DSN), which connects us to the space robots exploring our solar system. Called Deep Space Station 56, or DSS-56, the dish is now online and ready to communicate with a variety of missions, inc
“绿色运行”（Green Run）点火测试的进展；猎户座（Orion）飞船的发射前准备工作仍在继续；小型太阳结构的一个新发现……最近新闻速递，尽在「本周NASA」！ Credit：NASA 1月16日太空发射系统（Space Launch System，SLS）火箭核心级点火测试后的初步审查显示，火箭的硬件状况良好。官方表示，计划持续8分钟的测试在点火1分钟后熄火的原因，在于为地面测试而设计的保守参数，目的是确保火箭核心级安装到B-2试验台（B-2 Test Stand）上时的安全性；若在实际飞行中发生这种情况，火箭将继续飞行。团队正在评估SLS的下一步计划，SLS将在阿尔忒弥斯1号（Arte
2021年01月25日 Southern Cross over Chilean Volcano Image Credit & Copyright: Tomáš Slovinský Explanation: Have you ever seen the Southern Cross? This famous four-star icon is best seen from Earth’s Southern Hemisphere. The featured image was taken last month in Chile and captures the Souther
Located in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin), around 50 million light-years from Earth, the galaxy NGC 4535 is truly a stunning sight to behold. Despite the incredible quality of this image, taken from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, NGC 4535 has a hazy, somewhat ghostly, appearance when
NASA and Samaritans Purse DC-8 aircrafts parked on the ramp in front of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703. Credits: NASA Photo / Lauren Hughes NASA has once again joined forces with the community in the continuing effort to fight COVID-19. The agency provided specialized ground su
