中英對照讀新聞》Massive cradle of baby stars revealed in new space telescope images 新太空望遠鏡影像揭示龐大的嬰兒恆星誕生地

在新發布的照片​​中，有1張位於約1300光年之外的巨大嬰兒恆星搖籃，被稱為梅西耶78（Messier 78）。（美聯社）

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A massive cradle of baby stars has been observed in new detail by a European space telescope, adding to its celestial collection of images.

歐洲太空望遠鏡以更細緻的方式，觀測到一個龐大的嬰兒恆星誕生地，為其天文影像收藏增添新成員。

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The European Space Agency released the photos from the Euclid observatory on Thursday. They were taken following the telescope’s Florida launch last year as a warm-up act to its main job currently underway: surveying the so-called dark universe.

歐洲太空總署週四公布歐幾里得天文台的照片。這些照片是在去年望遠鏡從佛羅里達州發射後拍攝的，做為其目前主要任務、探索所謂黑暗宇宙的前期準備。

From its 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth, Euclid will spend the next several years observing billions of galaxies covering more than one-third of the sky.

歐幾里得望遠鏡將在未來數年中，從距離地球100萬英里（160萬公里）的觀測位置，觀測覆蓋超過3分之1天空的數十億個星系。

Among the newly released pictures is one of an enormous cradle of baby stars some 1,300 light-years away known as Messier 78. Euclid’s infrared camera peered through the dust enveloping the stellar nursery, revealing new regions of star formation, according to ESA.

新發布的照片包括1張位於約1300光年之外的龐大嬰兒恆星誕生地——梅西耶78。歐洲太空總署指出，歐幾里得望遠鏡的紅外相機穿透包圍恆星苗圃的塵埃，揭示新的恆星形成區域。

新聞辭典

celestial：形容詞，天的、天空的。例句：We can observe the celestial bodies in the Museum of Natural Science.（我們可以在科學博物館內觀看天體。）

perch：名詞，（位置較高的）休息處；高處。例句：The bird is perched high up in the tree.（鳥類棲息在樹上的高處。）

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