Behold the "Cosmic Butterfly" as you’ve never seen it before. 🦋✨
This absolutely stunning new image of the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302) was just released, captured high in the Chilean Andes by the powerful Gemini South telescope.
Located roughly 3,000 light-years away in the
這張由雙子南望遠鏡於2025年末獲取的蝶狀星雲影像,在色彩編碼上,紅色代表被電離的氫原子,藍色則標示出被電離的氧原子,揭示了星雲內部的化學組成與能量狀態。此觀測結果與2009年哈伯太空望遠鏡(Hubble Space Telescope)的影像數據形成對比,當時哈伯影像中的紅色代表被電離的氮元素,突顯了不同儀器與濾光片在呈現天體細節上的差異。蝶狀星雲,正式名稱為NGC 6302,位於天蠍座(Scorpius),其距離地球的估計範圍在2,500至3,800光年之間,主流觀點傾向於約3,400光年遠。這片星雲的翼展估計超過兩光年,是恆星生命末期留下的壯闊遺跡。
Gemini Sur celebra sus 25 años con una imagen inédita de la nebulosa de la Mariposa.
🦋🔭 Las alas incandescentes de la nebulosa de la Mariposa vuelven a desplegarse, esta vez con una nitidez nunca vista gracias al telescopio Gemini Sur. La espectacular imagen conmemora los
🚨 BREAKING - NASA ANNOUNCES NUCLEAR MARS MISSION IN 2028
NASA has revealed plans to launch the first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft to Mars before the end of 2028; a major leap in deep space capability.
The mission, Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom, will:
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During today's EVA, the crew will install a mod kit for the first of a pair of IROSA (Roll Out Solar Arrays), which will arrive later this year. Today's EVA will prepare the 2A power channel, with EVA 95 preparing the 3B channel.