中文翻譯:
在遙遠的宇宙中，有一片名叫Tc 1的星雲，它是由James Webb太空望遠鏡拍到的，畫面美麗極了！這片星雲是一個神秘的地方，科學家在這裡發現了名為buckyballs的特別分子，這些分子由60個碳原子組成，形狀像足球。它們的名字源於建築師Buckminster Fuller，因為它們的形狀像他設計的圓頂房子。James Webb的最新資料讓我們知道這些buckyballs在星雲中的位置，它們圍繞著星雲中央的亮星星星星星星，形成了一個薄薄的球殼。如果你仔細看看，還會發現一個奇特的形狀，它像一個倒過來的問號，這也讓我們對這個星雲充滿了更多的疑問！
原文:
What is happening inside this unusual nebula? Planetary nebula Tc 1, captured here in exquisite detail by the James Webb Space Telescope, is the celestial site where buckyballs were first identified in 2010. Buckminsterfullerene — as buckyballs are officially called — is a molecule with 60 carbon atoms (C60) arranged in the shape of a soccer ball. The molecule is named for architect Buckminster Fuller because of its resemblance to the geodesic dome he helped popularize. Webb’s new data reveal where the C60 molecules live in this nebula, and the geometry is striking: they populate a thin spherical shell around the central star, visible here as the bright edge of the nebula’s glowing orange central region. Look closely near the nebula’s heart and a more perplexing feature emerges: a delicate structure shaped uncannily like an upside-down question mark, fitting punctuation for the many questions this nebula still poses.
來源:NASA每日圖片
