NASA的詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜在罕见的主带彗星中发现了水和一个新的谜团
利用韦伯的NIRSpec（近红外光谱仪）仪器，天文学家首次证实了在主小行星带的一颗彗星周围存在气体——特别是水蒸气，这表明原始太阳系的水冰可以保存在该区域。
资讯
彗星
天文·每日一图
远去的ZTF彗星
2023年3月24日 Outbound Comet ZTF Image Credit & Copyright: Rolando Ligustri Explanation: Former darling of the northern sky Comet C/2022E3 (ZTF) has faded. During its closest approach to our fair planet in early February Comet ZTF was a mere 2.3 light-minutes distant. Then known as the green comet
天文·每日一图
ZTF遇到ATLAS彗星
2023年2月10日 ZTF meets ATLAS Image Credit & Copyright: Stefan Bemmerl Explanation: Fading as it races across planet Earth’s northern skies comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) shares this telescopic frame with comet C/2022 U2 (ATLAS). Captured on the night of February 6 from a garden observatory in German
天文·每日一图
埃特纳火山上空的ZTF彗星
2023年1月28日 Comet ZTF over Mount Etna Image Credit & Copyright: Dario Giannobile Explanation: Comet-like plumes are blowing over the volcanic peaks of Mount Etna in this wintry mountain-and-skyscape from planet Earth. The stacked and blended combination of individual exposures recorded during th
天文·每日一图
ZTF彗星: 穿过其轨道面所见的景观
2023年1月27日 Comet ZTF: Orbital Plane Crossing Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett Explanation: The current darling of the northern night, Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF is captured in this telescopic image from a dark sky location at June Lake, California. Of course Comet ZTF has been growing brighter i
天文·每日一图
肉眼可见的ZTF彗星
2023年1月21日 Naked-eye Comet ZTF Image Credit & Copyright: Óscar Martín Mesonero (Organización Salmantina de la Astronáutica y el Espacio) Explanation: Comet C/2022E3 (ZTF) is no longer too dim to require a telescope for viewing. By January 19, it could just be seen with the naked eye in this rur
天文·每日一图
彗星2022 E3 (ZTF)
2022年12月24日 Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF) Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett Explanation: Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was discovered by astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at the Zwicky Transient Facility this year in early March. Since then the new long-period comet has brightened substantially
天文·每日一图
七年的哈雷尘埃
2022年10月28日 Seven Years of Halley Dust Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in Opava Explanation: History’s first known periodic comet Halley (1P/Halley) returns to the inner Solar System every 75 years or so. The famous comet made its last appearance to the naked
天文·每日一图
南天的二颗彗星
2022年10月8日 Two Comets in Southern Skies Image Credit & Copyright: Jose J. Chambo (Cometografia) Explanation: Heading for its closest approach to the Sun or perihelion on December 20, comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) remains a sight for telescopic observers as it sweeps through planet Earth’s s
天文·每日一图
星尘与彗尾
2022年8月20日 Stardust and Comet Tails Image Credit & Copyright: Rolando Ligustri (CARA Project, CAST) Explanation: Heading for its closest approach to the Sun, or perihelion, on December 19 comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) remains a sight for telescopic observers as it sweeps through planet Earth̵