在2019年4月10日，一组科学家完成了壮举：他们成功拍到了黑洞有史以来的第一幅照片。这张得来不易的照片理所当然地占据了全世界报纸的头版，毕竟人类从来也没有想过自己能够拍到黑洞，而且能够把它广传。…
Tag: Astronomy
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MythBusters: Black Holes
On April 10, 2019, a team of scientists made history by capturing the first ever image of a black hole. This remarkable picture occupied headlines worldwide, and rightfully so – we never thought we would ever be able to capture a black hole in an image that can be passed around the world…
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Prophecy Fulfilled?
The first discovery of gravitational waves was made during the first so-called observation run, extended stretches of data taking, between September 2015 and January 2016. During this first observation run, Advanced LIGO made two detections of gravitational waves, both originating in the collision of two black holes…
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Exploration of Mars (IV)
China, the UAE and the US had successfully launched their Mars probes during the launching window in July last year. After more than half a year of space travel, the three Mars probes, namely, “Tianwen-1” of China, “Hope” of the UAE and “Perseverance” of the US have arrived their destinations and started their missions…
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Exploration of Mars (III)
The successful launching of those probes marks the beginning of their Mars missions. Let’s explore more about missions to the red planet…