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《科学美国人》 第334卷 第2期 · 2026年2月刊 · 中文解读

银河系盘面越来越奇怪

The Milky Way’s Disk Keeps Getting Weirder · Phil Plait
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本文探讨了银河系盘面并非平坦,而是存在翘曲和波纹状结构,并分析了可能的原因。
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The disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving BY PHIL PLAIT Hang on a minute, and I’ll explain why. WELL, IT’S CONFESSION time: I’ve been lying to you. I’ve said on many occasions in this column that our Milky Way galaxy has a flat disk. But it’s not really flat—not according to any reasonable definition of the term, at least. Now, in my defense, I wasn’t exactly prevaricating; I was simplifying. That’s a perfectly acceptable and even advantageous thing to do in science. When you’re trying to understand or explain some complex thing, it helps to make it as simple as possible so that the math and physics are easier to crack. …
摘自《科学美国人》(Scientific American)第334卷 第2期 · 2026年2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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