飞碟坠毁在犹他州沙漠
(原标题: Flying Saucer Crash Lands in Utah Desert)
2022-11-13
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一架来自外太空的飞碟在被雷达追踪和直升机追逐后坠毁在犹他州的沙漠中。这一年是2004年，没有外星人参与其中。图中所示的飞碟是“创世纪”号样本回收舱，它是2001年美国宇航局为了研究太阳而发射的人造机器人“创世纪”号宇宙飞船的一部分。由于降落伞没有按计划打开，以每小时300公里的速度意外硬着陆。“创世纪”号一直在绕太阳运行，收集太阳风粒子，这些粒子通常会被地球磁场偏转。尽管迫降，许多返回的样本仍然保存完好，可以进行分析。到目前为止，与《创世纪》有关的发现包括太阳组成的新细节，以及太阳系中某些元素的丰度如何不同。这些结果为了解数十亿年前太阳和行星形成的细节提供了有趣的线索。
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A flying saucer from outer space crash-landed in the Utah desert after being tracked by radar and chased by helicopters. The year was 2004, and no space aliens were involved. The saucer, pictured here, was the Genesis sample return capsule, part of a human-made robot Genesis spaceship launched in 2001 by NASA itself to study the Sun. The unexpectedly hard landing at over 300 kilometers per hour occurred because the parachutes did not open as planned. The Genesis mission had been orbiting the Sun collecting solar wind particles that are usually deflected away by Earth's magnetic field. Despite the crash landing, many return samples remained in good enough condition to analyze. So far, Genesis-related discoveries include new details about the composition of the Sun and how the abundance of some types of elements differ across the Solar System. These results have provided intriguing clues into details of how the Sun and planets formed billions of years ago.