a highly energetic celestial object emitting powerful radiation from the center of a galaxy, often associated with a supermassive black hole

类星体

a region beyond Neptune in the solar system containing icy objects like dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets

库伊伯带

a distant, hypothetical region surrounding the solar system, thought to harbor icy bodies and comets

奥尔特云

the outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere, observable as a plasma halo during a solar eclipse

日冕, 太阳的日冕

the apparent path that the Sun traces in the sky over the course of a year, which is also the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun

黄道

the apparent displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object when viewed along two different lines of sight, often used in astronomy to measure the distance of nearby stars

视差

an exploding star that as a result is emitting a very large amount of light, more than the sun

超新星, 爆炸星

a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation from its magnetic poles

脉冲星

the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, extending from the surface up to an average altitude of about 8-15 kilometers

对流层

the atmospheric layer above the troposphere, where temperature generally increases with altitude and the ozone layer is situated

平流层

the atmospheric layer above the stratosphere, where temperatures decrease with altitude and it extends up to the mesopause

中层大气

the atmospheric layer above the mesosphere, where temperatures increase with altitude and it extends to the exosphere

热层, 热气层

a layer in the upper atmosphere containing ions and free electrons, affecting radio communication and contributing to auroras

电离层

the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere, transitioning to outer space, with extremely low gas densities

外气层

