Astronomy Picture of the Day in Chinese and Japanese
Submitted by Laurel on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 4:26pm
You might have heard of the Astronomy Picture of the Day -- every day, NASA shares a different fascinating photograph, along with an explanation written by a professional astronomer. But did you know that it's also available in Chinese?
There is an APOD mirror site in simplified characters run by the Beijing Planetarium: http://www.bjp.org.cn/apod/today.htm
and one in traditional characters from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan: http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/~astrolab/mirrors/apod/apod.html
Some of the astronomy-related vocabulary might not come in handy every day for non-scientists, but this is a fun way to learn about the universe, admire beautiful images, and practice your Chinese all at the same time!
I should mention that the Astronomy Picture of the day is also available in a Japanese version:
http://home.u05.itscom.net/apodjpn/apodj/apodj0.htm
It does not seem to be available in Korean yet (any volunteers?)