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俄罗斯宣布将建造首座太空旅馆
11-08-23 If you're tired of the Mediterranean and don't want to head to Disney again, perhaps it's time for a summer holiday in space? It would certainly be one way to avoid the crowds. 如果你已经厌倦了地中海，也不再想去迪斯尼乐园，或许是时候来一次盛夏太空之...
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月球年龄比预想值小
11-08-18 Earth's Moon could be younger than previously thought, according to new research from a team that includes Carnegie's Richard Carlson and former-Carnegie fellow Maud Boyet. Their work will be published online in Nature on August 17. The prevailing（...
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欧洲航天局在外星云中发现氧分子
11-08-02 ESA's Herschel space observatory has found molecules of oxygen in a nearby star-forming cloud. This is the first undisputed detection of oxygen molecules in space. It concludes a long search but also leaves questions unanswered. The oxygen molecules...
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亚特兰蒂斯号即将着陆
11-07-21 Space shuttle Atlantis is ready to make one last descent to Earth. 亚特兰蒂斯号航天飞机即将最后一次降落回地球。 The orbiter and its crew of four are scheduled to hit the runway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida just before sunrise on Thursday....
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哈勃望远镜已执行百万次观测任务
11-07-06 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope crossed another milestone in its space odyssey（冒险旅程） of exploration and discovery. On Monday, July 4, the Earth-orbiting observatory logged its one millionth science observation during a search for water in an exo...
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中子星“贪多嚼不烂”
11-06-30 Newton space observatory has watched a faint star flare up at X-ray wavelengths to almost 10 000 times its normal brightness. Astronomers believe the outburst was caused by the star trying to eat a giant clump of matter. The flare took place on a ne...
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美宇航局将最后一次发射航天飞机
11-06-29 The last launch of a US space shuttle will take place on Friday 8 July. 美国将于7月8日，星期五最后一次发射航天飞机。 The final Atlantis mission will have a crew of four, led by Chris Ferguson (far left) The Atlantis ship has the honour of closing ou...
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开普勒号运输船已“自我了断”
11-06-22 Europe's space freighter has destroyed itself over the South Pacific. 欧洲开普勒号宇宙运输船在南太平洋海域自行解体。 Artist's impression: Contact with Kepler was lost at 2041:39 GMT at an altitude of 80km The ATV-Johannes Kepler ship took 1.3 tonnes...
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哈特利2彗星处于活跃状态
11-06-17 Hartley 2's hyperactive（极度活跃的） state, as studied by NASA's EPOXI mission, is detailed in a new paper published in this week's issue of the journal Science by an international team of scientists that includes Lucy McFadden of NASA's Goddard Sp...
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Blue Window
11-06-09 Blue Window James Meetze You are an arc of light in sycamore（美国梧桐） leaves, churned-up dust, the sun's disturbance, beside workers and workday traffic. Bronze light in every space we inhabit. This big sky we are under, a portal without law. Eve...
