2022年11月7日 A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan Video Credit & Copyright: Jean-Luc Dauvergne (Ciel et Espace); Music: Valère Leroy & Sophie Huet (Space-Music) Explanation: If the full Moon suddenly faded, what would you see? The answer was recorded in a dramatic time lapse video taken dur […]
2022年7月23日 Apollo 11 Landing Panorama Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, NASA Explanation: Have you seen a panorama from another world lately? Assembled from high-resolution scans of the original film frames, this one sweeps across the magnificent desolation of the Apollo 11 landing site on the Moon’s
2022年7月16日 Tycho and Clavius at Dawn Image Credit & Copyright: Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau Explanation: South is up in this dramatic telescopic view of the lunar terminator and the Moon’s rugged southern highlands. The lunar landscape was captured on July 7 with the moon at its first quart
2021年9月5日 Earth and Moon Image Credit: NASA, JPL, Galileo Project; Processing & License: Gordan Ugarkovic Explanation: The Earth and Moon are rarely photographed together. One of most spectacular times this occurred was about 30 years ago when the Jupiter-bound Galileo spacecraft zoomed past ou
2021年05月03日 Apollo 11: Earth, Moon, Spaceship Image Credit: NASA, Apollo 11; Restoration – Toby Ord Explanation: After the most famous voyage of modern times, it was time to go home. After proving that humanity has the ability to go beyond the confines of planet Earth, the first humans to walk
2021年02月03日 Found on the Moon: Candidate for Oldest Known Earth Rock Video Credit: NASA, Astromaterials 3D, Erika Blumenfeld et al. Explanation: Was the oldest known rock on Earth found on the Moon? Quite possibly. The story opens with the Apollo 14 lunar mission. Lunar sample 14321, a large rock fo
2020年12月31日 Trail of the Returner Image Credit & Copyright: Zhuoxiao Wang Explanation: Familiar stars of a northern winter’s night shine in this night skyview, taken near Zhangye, Gansu, China and the border with Inner Mongolia. During the early hours of December 17 Orion is near center i
2020年12月11日 Messier Craters in Stereo Image Credit: Apollo 11, NASA; Stereo Image Copyright Patrick Vantuyne Explanation: Many bright nebulae and star clusters in planet Earth’s sky are associated with the name of astronomer Charles Messier from his famous 18th century catalog. His name is als
上图为木星的卫星木卫二的艺术概念图，显示了在木卫二背向太阳的“夜侧面”，它冰冷的表面也会发光。辉光的变化和辉光本身的颜色可以揭示木卫二表面冰成分的相关信息。 图片来源：NASA / 加州理工-喷气推进实验室 新的实验在实验室中再现了木卫二（Europa）的环境，发现即使在背向太阳的“夜侧面”（nightside），这颗冰冷的卫星也闪耀着光辉，这一景象带给我们的，将远不只是炫酷的视觉效果。 天寒地冻、海洋遍布的木卫二默默地围绕木星运行，承受着辐射没完没了的无情冲击。木星用电子和其他粒子没日没夜地轰击木卫二表面，让它身处高能辐射的炼狱。然而，在这些粒子对木卫二拳打脚踢的同时，它们可能也导致了一些超
