As of March 2020, our Mars Odyssey spacecraft has captured these six views of the Martian moon Phobos. The orbiter’s infrared camera, the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS), is used to measure temperature variations that provide insight into the physical properties and composition of the […]
2020年8月14日 Jupiter and Saturn Rising Beyond Alien Throne Rock Image Credit & Copyright: Marcin Zając Explanation: What planets are those behind that unusual rock spire? Saturn (lower left) and Jupiter. This month, after sunset, the bright planetary duo are quite prominent toward the southeast.
2020年8月2日，美国太空探索技术公司（SpaceX）的奋进号载人龙飞船在佛罗里达彭萨科拉海岸附近的墨西哥湾溅落后不久，宇航员罗伯特•本肯(Robert Behnken，左)和道格拉斯•赫尔利（Douglas Hurley）在SpaceX的GO Navigator救援船上出现。NASA商业载人计划的Demo-2测试飞行是第一次将宇航员送入国际空间站，并在一艘商用建造和操作的飞船上安全返回地球。本肯和赫尔利在太空中度过64天后返回了地球。 图片来源：NASA/比尔•英格尔斯（Bill Ingalls） 2020年8月3日，宇航员赫尔利和本肯成功降落在墨西哥湾。 2019年8月13日，NASA宇
If humans could travel to this giant planet, we would see a world still glowing from the heat of its formation with a color reminiscent of a dark cherry blossom, a dull magenta. Using infrared data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, astronomers discovered this gas giant orbiting a bright star name
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is ready for touchdown on asteroid Bennu. On Aug. 11, the mission will perform its “Matchpoint” rehearsal – the second practice run of the Touch-and-Go (TAG) sample collection event. The rehearsal will be similar to the Apr. 14 “Checkpoint” rehearsal, which practiced the firs
2020年8月12日 The Shifting Tails of Comet NEOWISE Image Credit & Copyright: Ignacio Llorens Explanation: Keep your eye on the ion tail of Comet NEOWISE. A tale of this tail is the trail of the Earth. As with all comets, the blue ion tail always points away from the Sun. But as Comet C/2020 F3 (NEO
NASA的ARIA团队与新加坡地球天文台合作，利用卫星数据绘制了贝鲁特大爆炸可能造成的破坏程度。暗红色像素代表最严重的破坏。橙色区域受损程度中等，黄色区域受损程度较轻。每个彩色像素代表一个30米(33码)的区域。这张地图包含了由ESA(欧洲航天局)处理的修改过的哥白尼哨兵数据，并由NASA喷气推进实验室、加州理工学院和新加坡地球天文台的ARIA团队的科学家分析。位于加利福尼亚州帕萨迪纳市的加州理工学院为NASA管理喷气推进实验室。有关ARIA的更多信息，请访问：https://aria.jpl.nasa.gov/ 影像来源：NASA/JPL-Caltech/Earth Observatory
The barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 4907 shows its starry face from 270 million light-years away to anyone who can see it from the Northern Hemisphere. This is a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the face-on galaxy, displaying its beautiful spiral arms, wound loosely around its
2020年8月10日 Perseids from Perseus Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek Explanation: Where are all these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer is the constellation of Perseus. That is why the meteor shower that peaks tomorrow night is known as the Perseids &#
