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中文翻譯:
為慶祝哈勃太空望遠鏡在低地球軌道探索宇宙25周年（1990-2015），哈勃的相機再次拍攝了它最具代表性的影像。結果是這幅更清晰、更廣闊的圖片，展現了被稱為「創造之柱」（Pillars of Creation）的區域，早在1995年哈勃就首次拍攝了它。這些驚人的構造內部正深深形成著星星，這些長達光年的冷氣體和塵埃柱位於距離地球約6,500光年的M16（獅鷲座星雲），指向天蝎座的星座。這些宇宙柱被M16的年輕巨大星團釋放出來的強烈紫外線和強勁風力雕琢和侵蝕。創造之柱本身註定要被摧毀。不過，M16內部星形成的動盪環境，可能與我們的太陽形成時的環境相似。
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To celebrate 25 years (1990-2015) of exploring the Universe from low Earth orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope’s cameras were used to revisit its most iconic image. The result is this sharper, wider view of the region dubbed the Pillars of Creation, first imaged by Hubble in 1995. Stars are forming deep inside the towering structures. The light-years long columns of cold gas and dust are some 6,500 light-years distant in M16, the Eagle Nebula, toward the constellation Serpens. Sculpted and eroded by the energetic ultraviolet light and powerful winds from M16’s cluster of young, massive stars, the cosmic pillars themselves are destined for destruction. But the turbulent environment of star formation within M16, whose spectacular details are captured in this Hubble visible-light snapshot, is likely similar to the environment that formed our own Sun. APOD Talk: Friday, January 9 in New York City
來源:NASA每日圖片
