但是NASA的宽视野红外线探测器(WISE)的观测下,这个星云就突然变成了一条“绿龙”,比一百光年还宽。
But for NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, the nebula springs to life as a green "dragon" more than a hundred light-years wide.
美国宇航局发表的这个图像显示了广视野红外勘测探测器WISE拍摄的心与灵星云(Heart and Soul)红外马赛克。
An image released by NASA shows the Heart and Soul nebulae in an infrared Mosaic from the Wide-field infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
事实上,暗星云中很可能隐藏有分子气体和尘埃丛坍缩形成恒星,漂亮的望远镜视野中的这个结构宽几乎40光年。
In fact, clumps of dust and molecular gas collapsing to form stars may well lurk within the dark nebula, a structure that spans almost 40 light-years across the gorgeous telescopic view.
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