美国宇航局太空网评出2003年十佳天文图片

6：难以置信的行星缩身

　　太空中有些最迷人的景象其实只能当作数据点来观测，因为这些天体或现象距离地球太遥远，你根本无法用传统的方法给它拍照。所以，要看清太空，我们经常需要艺术家的帮助。

　　这张图片可以帮助我们更形象地看到一颗行星以如此近的距离围绕一颗恒星运转，恒星外层的大气被行星冲击得四处飞扬。

6. Incredible Shrinking Planet

Some of the most fascinating sights in space are observed only as data points, because the object or phenomenon is too far away to be photographed in the traditional sense. So to see space, we often need the help of artists.

This rendering helped us visualize a planet orbiting so close to a star that its outer gas is being blown away.