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Chinese Rover Spots Weird, Large ‘Cube’ on the Moon
中国航天器在月球发现了诡异巨大的”方块”
The geometric lunar feature dubbed a ‘mystery hut’ has stumped scientists, who say they plan to take a closer look
这个呈几何状的月球物体被戏称为”神秘小屋”，让科学家们感到困惑，他们计划靠近点看看
The rover will spend two to three lunar days, which is about two to three months time on Earth, traversing the lunar landscape to take a closer look at the object. CNSA/Our Space/Gizmodo
航天器将花费两到三个月球日，相当于地球上两到三个月的时间，通过月球表面来更近的观察这个物体。CNSA/Our Space/Gizmodo
An intriguing cube-shaped object spotted on the far side of the moon has attracted the attention of scientists.
一个有趣的方块形状物体，在月球的另一端被发现，这引起了科学家的注意。
China’s Yutu 2 rover captured images of the mystery structure from around 260 feet away while navigating across the Von Kármán crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the moon, reports Popular Science’s Margo Milanowski. Chinese scientists have already rerouted the rover to take a closer look, but it will take a few months for Yutu 2 to reach the bizarre lunar feature.
据《流行科学》的Margo Milanowski报道，中国的月兔2号航天器在月球的北部Pole-Aitken盆地，正在穿越Von Kármán坑时，拍摄到一张260英尺外的神秘结构的物体。中国的科学家已经调整航天器的方向以更近的观察，但是这将花费月兔2号几个月的时间去靠近这个奇特的月球物体。
The shape was spotted on the horizon in November during the mission’s 36th lunar day, according to a Yutu 2 diary published by Our Space, a Chinese language science outreach channel affiliated with the China National Space Administration. Our Space first described the object in a post last week, temporarily dubbing it a “mystery hut” (神秘小屋/shenmi xiaowu).
根据《我们的太空》的月兔2号每日报告（这是一家隶属于中国国家航天局的对外中文平台），这个几何体在地平线处发现，正值12月份，执行任务的第36个月球日。《我们的太空》在上周首次描述这个物体，将其戏称为是一个”神秘小屋”。
Since Yutu 2 spotted the “mystery hut,” scientists have changed the six-wheeled vehicle course to investigate the cube. The solar-powered rover will spend two to three lunar days—equivalent to two to three months time on Earth—traversing the lunar landscape to take a closer look, so we should have more clues shortly, reports Andrew Jones for Space.
玉兔2号发现”神秘小屋”之后，科学家改变了这个六个轮子航天器的目标，转为探索这个方块。这个太阳能的航天器会花费两到三个月球日-等价于两到三个地球月-穿越月球表面去更近的观察，所以我们很快会获得更多线索，来自于《太空》的Andrew Jones报道。
The rover’s images immediately sparked debate as to what the cube-shaped object was and inspired humorous guesses. “Was it a home built by aliens after the crash landing? Or is it the pioneer spacecraft of the predecessors to explore the moon?” writes Our Space.
航天器的照片马上引起了对于这个集合形状的物体到底是什么的讨论，并引发了无数的猜想。《我们的太空》写道，”这是外星人撞击月球后建立的房子吗？或者这是先驱者用来探索月球的的航天器？”
The “hut” may simply be a large boulder that’s been pushed up by meteor impact and taken on a geometric look in the low-resolution image. The blog post noted that there is an impact crater beside the mystery hut, further suggesting that the cube could just be an excavated lunar rock.
“小屋”可能就是受流星撞击而出现的巨石，而且在低像素的照片下看起来是一个几何形状。博客提醒说，在神秘小屋旁边有一个撞击巨坑，进一步推测这个方块可能只是一个被撞出来的月球石块。
This latest discovery isn’t the first curious thing the Yutu 2 rover has seen since its arrival on the far side of the moon almost three years ago. In September 2019, the rover encountered a strange, gel-like substance that turned out to be melted rock fragments cemented together from extreme heat. This year, Yutu 2 spotted unusual shards sticking out from the lunar surface that turned out to be rocks launched by a meteor impact, reports Gizmodo’s George Dvorsky.
自从月兔2号航天器在将近三年前到达月球的另一端后，已经不止一次有这种奇特发现。在2019年9月，航天器遇到了一个奇怪的凝胶状物质，这个来自于被溶解的石头成分在高温下又被粘合到一块。今年，月兔2号在月球表面发现了不寻常尖锐碎片突出，这个来自于流星撞击后的石头。报道来自于《Gizmodo》的George Dvorsky。
Whatever the cube-shaped object is, we will have to wait another few months before getting an answer—until then, it’s fun to speculate on what the “mystery hut” could be.
不管方块形状的物体是什么，我们都要等几个月才能获得答案，在这期间推测”神秘小屋”是什么将很有意思。