New Space Telescopes Find Old Stars and Black Holes
新太空望遠鏡發現古老恆星與黑洞
Introduction
Two big telescopes, James Webb and Euclid, found new things in space. They found very old stars and black holes.
兩座大型望遠鏡，韋伯與歐幾里得，在太空發現了新事物。它們發現了非常古老的恆星與黑洞。
Main Body
The James Webb telescope looked at a galaxy called Centaurus A. It is very far from Earth. The telescope saw a big black hole in the center. Two galaxies hit each other a long time ago. This changed how the galaxy looks today.
韋伯望遠鏡觀察了一個名為 Centaurus A 的星系。它距離地球非常遙遠。望遠鏡在中心發現了一個巨大的黑洞。很久以前有兩個星系相撞，改變了該星系如今的樣子。
The Euclid telescope found 31 very old objects called quasars. Two of these are the farthest objects we know. They are from a time when the universe was very young.
歐幾里得望遠鏡發現了 31 個被稱為類星體的古老天體。其中兩個是我們已知最遙遠的天體。它們來自宇宙非常年輕的時期。
Scientists are surprised. These black holes are very big. They grew faster than scientists thought. Now, scientists want to use both telescopes to learn more about the start of the universe.
科學家感到很驚訝。這些黑洞非常巨大，生長速度比科學家想像的要快。現在，科學家希望利用這兩座望遠鏡來進一步了解宇宙的起源。
Conclusion
These telescopes help us understand how the universe and black holes started.
這些望遠鏡幫助我們了解宇宙與黑洞是如何開始的。
Vocabulary Learning
🌌 The Power of 'Very'
In this text, the author uses the word very to make adjectives stronger. This is the easiest way for you to describe things more clearly in English.
How it works:
Very + Adjective Stronger meaning
Examples from the text:
- Very old (More than just 'old')
- Very far (A long, long distance)
- Very young (From the beginning)
- Very big (Huge)
Quick Tip for A2: Instead of learning 100 difficult words for 'big' or 'old', just use very. It makes your speaking natural and clear immediately.