中國在月球背面發(fā)現(xiàn)神秘的“發(fā)光凝膠”

中國在月球背面發(fā)現(xiàn)神秘的“發(fā)光凝膠”

China’s Chang’e-4 lunar rover, which successfully landed on the moon in January, has found something rather strange and perplexing — an oddly colored “gel-like” substance that can’t yet be explained.

今年1月成功登陸月球的中國“嫦娥四號”月球車發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些相當奇怪和令人困惑的東西——一種顏色奇特的“凝膠狀”物質(zhì)，目前還無法解釋。

According to Our Space, a Chinese government-sanctioned publication that focuses on space and exploration, the substance is described as a “gel with a mysterious luster.”

據(jù)中國政府批準的專注于太空和探索的出版物《我們的太空》(Our Space)稱，這種物質(zhì)被描述為“具有神秘光澤的凝膠”。

The Yutu-2 rover made the discovery on lunar day 8 (July 25) and so far, the Chinese space agency has not yet said what it is. Outside researchers have suggested that the gel is “melt glass” that has been created from meteorites hitting the far side of Earth’s natural satellite, according to Space.com.

玉兔2號月球車是在月球8日(7月25日)被發(fā)現(xiàn)的，到目前為止，中國航天局還沒有說明它是什么。據(jù)Space.com報道，外部研究人員認為這種凝膠是“熔融玻璃”，是由撞擊地球自然衛(wèi)星遠端的隕石形成的。

On July 28, the team operating Chang’e-4 was preparing to power down the Yutu-2 rover for daily maintenance when someone from the team looked at the images from the main camera and found a crater with oddly colored material.

7月28日，執(zhí)行嫦娥四號任務(wù)的團隊正準備給玉兔2號火星車供電，以進行日常維護，這時，團隊中的一名成員從主攝像頭上看了照片，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個隕石坑，里面有奇怪顏色的物質(zhì)。

From there, the operating team spoke with lunar scientists and they decided to keep the rover on and investigate the oddity.

從那時開始，操作團隊與月球科學家進行了討論，他們決定讓月球車繼續(xù)運行，并調(diào)查這一奇怪現(xiàn)象。

The Chinese Space Agency has not released any official photos of the gel yet, but it has been described in the rover’s drive diary. Photos of the Yutu-2 rover and the tracks it has made on the moon have been published on the official QQ China Lunar Exploration Project blog.

中國航天局還沒有發(fā)布任何關(guān)于這種凝膠的官方照片，但它在月球車的駕駛?cè)罩局杏忻枋?。玉?號月球車的照片和它在月球上的軌跡已經(jīng)在QQ中國探月工程官方博客上發(fā)布。

Only three countries, the US, China and Russia, have successfully “soft-landed” on the moon.

只有美國、中國和俄羅斯三個國家成功實現(xiàn)了月球的“軟著陸”。