AM1054：星系碰撞所形成的恒星
图中显示的是一个扭曲的星系，左边是一串逐渐消失的恒星。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
标签： Hubble
霍格天体: 近乎完美的环状星系
2024年2月18日 Hoag’s Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Benoit Blanco Explanation: Is this one galaxy or two? This question came to light in 1950 when astronomer Arthur Hoag chanced upon this unusual extragalactic object. On the outside is a ring dominated by bright blue stars, while near the center lies a ba...
哈勃影像: 锥状星云
2024年2月4日 The Cone Nebula from Hubble Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA, ESA – Processing & Licence: Judy Schmidt Explanation: Stars are forming in the gigantic dust pillar called the Cone Nebula. Cones, pillars, and majestic flowing shapes abound in stellar nurseries where natal clouds of gas and dust are buffeted by energetic winds from n...
Arp 87: 哈勃拍摄的合并中星系对
2023年10月24日 Arp 87: Merging Galaxies from Hubble Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Harshwardhan Pathak Explanation: This dance is to the death. As these two large galaxies duel, a cosmic bridge of stars, gas, and dust currently stretches over 75,000 light-years and joins them. The bridge itself is strong evidence that these two immense star system...
哈勃望远镜观测了波江座的迷人星系
NGC 685占据了舞台的中心位置，在墨黑的背景上闪烁着微弱的恒星。这个星系显然是一个棒旋星系，它有明亮的中心棒和斑驳弯曲的旋臂。它距离我们大约5,800万光年，位于波江座。NGC 685位于天赤道以南，在一年中的某些时候从南半球可以看到。
哈勃望远镜最近发布的韦伯图像的多波长视图
这张NASA哈勃太空望远镜的新照片的前景是几片亮粉色和几缕暗红色。NGC 5068是一个棒旋星系，有数千个恒星形成区域和大量星际尘埃。
哈勃发现宇宙
2023年10月6日 Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe Image Credit & Copyright: Courtesy Carnegie Institution for Science Explanation: How big is our universe? This question, among others, was debated by two leading astronomers in 1920 in what has since become known as astronomy’s Great Debate. Many astronomers then believed that our Milky Way Galaxy was...
哈勃图像: 球状星团NGC 6355
2023年1月30日 Globular Star Cluster NGC 6355 from Hubble Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola, R. Cohen Explanation: Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our Galaxy first formed, perhaps thousands of globular clusters roamed our Galaxy. Today, there are less than 200 left. Over the eons, many globular clusters w...
碰撞螺旋星系Arp 274
2023年1月23日 The Colliding Spiral Galaxies of Arp 274 Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Copyright: Mehmet Hakan Özsaraç Explanation: Two galaxies are squaring off in Virgo and here are the latest pictures. When two galaxies collide, the stars that compose them usually do not. This is because galaxies are mostly empty space and, however bright,...
哈勃望远镜的蝴蝶星云
2022年11月21日 The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: William Ostling Explanation: Stars can make beautiful patterns as they age — sometimes similar to flowers or insects. NGC 6302, the Butterfly Nebula, is a notable example. Though its gaseous wingspan covers over 3 light-years and its estimated surface temperature ...