韦伯用高精度技术探测查里克洛环系统
在一项高精度的观测壮举中，科学家们利用NASA詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜的一项新技术，拍摄到了查里克洛薄环所投射的星光阴影。查里克洛是一个冰冷的小天体，但却是已知的半人马小行星中最大的一个，位于土星轨道外20亿英里之外。查里克洛的直径仅为160英里（250公里），比地球的直径小51倍，其环距天体中心约250英里（400公里）。
标签： JWST
LHS 475 b: 地球尺寸的系外行星
2023年1月24日 LHS 475 b: Earth-Sized Exoplanet Illustration Credit: DeepAI’s Fantasy World Generator Explanation: If you could stand on exoplanet LHS 475 b, what might you see? No one knows for sure but pictured here is an interesting guess made by an Earth-based artificial intelligence (AI) engine. The existence of the exoplanet was indicated in data tak...
韦伯：M16的恒星形成之柱
2022年12月6日 M16: A Star Forming Pillar from Webb Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Processing & Copyright: Mehmet Hakan Özsaraç Explanation: What’s happening inside this interstellar mountain? Stars are forming. The mountain is actually a column of gas and dust in the picturesque Eagle Nebula (M16). A pillar like this is so low in density that you cou...
IIZw096: 合并中的星系对
2022年12月2日 Merging Galaxy Pair IIZw096 Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. Evans Explanation: Bright at infrared wavelengths, this merging galaxy pair is some 500 million light-years away toward the constellation Delphinus. The cosmic mashup is seen against a background of even more distant galaxies, and occasional spiky foreground stars. B...
创生之柱
2022年10月20日 Pillars of Creation Image Credit: Science – NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NIRCam Processing – Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Explanation: A now famous picture from the Hubble Space Telescope featured these star forming columns of cold gas and dust light-years long inside M16, the Eagle Nebula, dub...
螺旋星系M74：更清晰的影像
2022年7月22日 Spiral Galaxy M74: A Sharper View Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Processing Copyright: Robert Eder Explanation: Beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 74 (also known as NGC 628) lies some 32 million light-years away toward the constellation Pisces. An island universe of about 100 billion stars with two prominent spiral arms, M74 has long been admir...
韦伯: 木星与木星环的红外光图像
2022年7月20日 Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt Explanation: Why does Jupiter have rings? Jupiter’s main ring was discovered in 1979 by NASA’s passing Voyager 1 spacecraft, but its origin was then a mystery. Data from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft that orbited Jupite...
韦伯、哈伯与昴宿的斯蒂芬五重星系
2022年7月18日 Stephan’s Quintet from Webb, Hubble, and Subaru Image Credit: Webb, Hubble, Subaru; NASA, ESA, CSA, NOAJ, STScI; Processing & Copyright: Robert Gendler Explanation: OK, but why can’t you combine images from Webb and Hubble? You can, and today’s featured image shows one impressive result. Although the recently launched James ...
2MASS J17554042+6551277
2022年3月19日 2MASS J17554042+6551277 Image Credit : NASA, STScI, JWST Explanation: 2MASS J17554042+6551277 doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue but that’s the name, a coordinate-based catalog designation, of the star centered in this sharp field of view. Fans of the distant universe should get used to its spiky appearance though. The diffraction pat...
前往L2点途中的詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜
2021年12月31日 JWST on the Road to L2 Image Credit & Copyright: Malcolm Park (North York Astronomical Association) Explanation: This timelapse gif tracks the James Webb Space Telescope as it streaks across the stars of Orion on its journey to a destination beyond the Moon. Recorded on December 28, 12 consecutive exposures each 10 minutes long were aligned ...