标签: Supernova

SN 1006: 哈勃的超新星缎带

2023年8月6日 SN 1006: A Supernova Ribbon from Hubble Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgement: W. Blair et al. (JHU) Explanation: What created this unusual space ribbon? The answer: one of the most violent explosions ever witnessed by ancient humans. Back in the year 1006 AD, light reached Earth from a stellar explosion in the constellat...

在劫难逃的海山二

2023年7月9日 Doomed Star Eta Carinae Image Credit & Copyright: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt Explanation: Eta Carinae may be about to explode. But no one knows when – it may be next year, it may be one million years from now. Eta Carinae‘s mass – about 100 times greater than our Sun – makes it an excelle...

NASA的罗曼和ESA的欧几里得将联手研究暗能量

一台名为欧几里得的新太空望远镜将于7月发射,这是ESA在美国宇航局的资助下完成的一项任务,旨在探索宇宙膨胀加速的原因,即暗能量。到2027年5月,NASA的南希·格雷斯·罗曼太空望远镜将与欧几里得一起,以前所未有的方式探索这个谜题。

邻近螺旋星系M101刚发现的超新星

2023年5月22日 Supernova Discovered in Nearby Spiral Galaxy M101 Image Credit & Copyright: Craig Stocks Explanation: A nearby star has exploded and humanity’s telescopes are turning to monitor it. The supernova, dubbed SN 2023ixf, was discovered by Japanese astronomer Koichi Itagaki three days ago and subsequently located on automated images from the ...

NASA的IXPE观测到前所未有的历史性星云

科学家们已经使用IXPE创建了蟹状星云磁场的详细而细致的地图,揭示了比以往更多的内部工作原理。发表在《自然天文学》杂志上的新结果,有助于解决关于被充分研究的蟹状星云的长期谜团,并为未来的研究提出了新的问题。

沃尔夫-拉叶星WR 124

2023年3月18日 Wolf-Rayet 124 Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team Explanation: Driven by powerful stellar winds, expanding shrouds of gas and dust frame hot, luminous star Wolf-Rayet 124 in this sharp infrared view. The eye-catching 6-spike star pattern is characteristic of stellar images made with the 18 hexagonal mirrors of the James ...