Human eyes can see only a small portion of the range of radiation given off by the objects around us. We call this wide array of radiation the electromagnetic spectrum, and the part we can see visible light. In this Hubble Space Telescope image, researchers revisited one of Hubble’s most iconi […]
2020 April 5 Color the Universe Image Credit: Unknown Explanation: Wouldn’t it be fun to color in the universe? If you think so, please accept this famous astronomical illustration as a preliminary substitute. You, your friends, your parents or children, can print it out or even color it digit
This remarkable spiral galaxy, known as NGC 4651, may look serene and peaceful as it swirls in the vast, silent emptiness of space, but don’t be fooled — it keeps a violent secret. It is believed that this galaxy consumed another smaller galaxy to become the large and beautiful spiral that we observ
天文学家发现了宇宙杀手的最佳证据：一个被称为“中等质量”的神秘的黑洞，它撕裂了一颗离它太近的任性的恒星，从而暴露了它的存在。 黑洞的质量大约是太阳的5万倍，比位于大型星系核心的超大质量黑洞(数百万或数十亿倍太阳质量)要小，但比大质量恒星坍缩形成的恒星质量黑洞要大。 这些所谓的中等质量黑洞(IMBHs)是黑洞演化过程中一个长期寻找的“缺失环节”。尽管还有其他一些IMBH候选者，但研究人员认为这些新发现是迄今为止宇宙中黑洞的最有力证据。 它利用了两个X射线天文台的强大力量以及NASA哈勃太空望远镜的敏锐视野，最终锁定了这只宇宙怪兽。 这幅图描绘了一场宇宙间的谋杀。一颗恒星正在被一个包含数万个太阳质
NGC 4618 was discovered on April 9, 1787, by the German-British astronomer William Herschel, who also discovered Uranus in 1781. Only a year before discovering NGC 4618, Herschel theorized that the “foggy” objects astronomers were seeing in the night sky were likely to be large star clusters located
一个天文学家小组利用美国国家航空航天局(NASA)的哈勃太空望远镜(Hubble Space Telescope)的独特功能，发现了宇宙中有史以来最强劲的能量外流。它们从类星体发出，像海啸一样横扫星际空间，对类星体所在的星系造成严重破坏。 类星体是极遥远的天体，释放出异常巨大的能量。类星体中包含着由入射物质推动的超大质量黑洞，这些物质的亮度是由几千亿颗恒星组成的主星系的1000倍。 当黑洞吞噬物质时，热气体将其包围并发出强烈的辐射，从而形成类星体。由黑洞附近的炽热辐射压力驱动的风将物质推离银河系的中心。这些流出物加速到惊人的速度，其速度达到光速的百分之几。 “没有其他现象会携带更多的机械能。在
The barred spiral galaxy NGC 3887, seen here as viewed by the Wide Field Camera 3 aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, lies over 60 million light-years away from us in the southern constellation of Crater (the Cup). It was discovered on Dec. 31, 1785, by astronomer William Herschel. Its orien
该图显示了对M31（也称为仙女座星系）的WFIRST观测的模拟。 哈勃望远镜用了650多个小时对蓝色轮廓区域进行成像。 使用WFIRST，覆盖整个星系仅需三个小时。 来源：DSS, R. Gendle, NASA, GSFC, ASU, STScI, B. F. Williams NASA的广域红外巡天望远镜(WFIRST)项目已经通过了一个重要的规划和技术里程碑，为该任务正式开启了硬件开发和测试的大门。 WFIRST太空望远镜的观测面积将比NASA的哈勃太空望远镜大100倍，它将能够探测来自宇宙的微弱红外信号，同时生成巨大的宇宙全景图，揭示暗能量的秘密，发现太阳系外的行星(系外行星)，并解决
宇宙中所见最大爆炸的证据来自钱德拉和XMM-牛顿卫星的X射线数据，以及默奇森宽场阵列射电望远镜和巨米波射电望远镜，如图所示。这次喷发是由位于星团中心星系的一个黑洞引起的，它喷发出了喷流，并在周围的热气体中形成了一个大洞。研究人员估计这次爆炸释放的能量是之前记录保持者的5倍，是典型星系团的数十万倍。 来源：X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/NRL/S. Giacintucci, et al., XMM-Newton: ESA/XMM-Newton; Radio: NCRA/TIFR/GMRT; Infrared: 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF
2020 February 23 Illustris Simulation of the Universe Video Credit: Illustris Collaboration, NASA, PRACE, XSEDE, MIT, Harvard CfA; Music: The Poisoned Princess (Media Right Productions) Explanation: How did we get here? Click play, sit back, and watch. A computer simulation of the evolution of the u
