《科学美国人》 第334卷 第5期 · 2026年5月刊 · 中文解读
哈勃太空望远镜依然令人惊叹
The Hubble Space Telescope Is Still Awesome · Phil Plait
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本文介绍了哈勃太空望远镜自1990年发射以来的成就,并澄清了它并未被詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜取代,两者各有侧重。
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Hubble is going strong despite its decades in space and next-generation successors BY PHIL PLAIT ON APRIL 24, 1990, HUMANITY LAUNCHED a scien- tific revolution. I mean “launched” literally: on that date the space shuttle Discovery roared into the sky with the Hubble Space Telescope nestled in its cargo bay. The telescope was on a mission destined to forever change our view of the universe. Hubble wasn’t the largest telescope ever—its 2.4-meter mirror is actually considered small these days—but being above the atmosphere gave it superpowers. Our air boils and roils, blurring the views from ground-based instruments. It glows, too—dimly but enough to limit how faint an object astronomers can see. …
摘自《科学美国人》(Scientific American)第334卷 第5期 · 2026年5月刊,Phil Plait。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。

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