09-12-18 Herschel天王星 has peered凝视，窥视 inside an unseen stellar星的 nursery and revealed surprising amounts of activity. Some 700 newly-forming stars are estimated to be crowded into filaments花丝，灯丝 of dust stretching through the image. The image i...

09-10-30 In the new ESO image, Barnard's Galaxy glows beneath a sea of foreground stars in the direction of the constellation（星座，星群） of Sagittarius (the Archer). At the relatively close distance of about 1.6 million light-years, Barnard's Galaxy is a...

09-10-30 Star clusters（星团） are among the most visually alluring（迷人的，诱惑的） and astrophysically fascinating objects in the sky. One of the most spectacular nestles（安置） deep in the southern skies near the Southern Cross in the constellation（星...

09-08-11 Skygazers are getting ready to watch the annual Perseid meteor shower, which peaks on Wednesday. 天文爱好者正准备观看本年度英仙座流星雨，周三晚频率达到最高。 The Perseids occur when the Earth passes through dusty cometary debris The Perseid shower o...