The Hubble telescope has given us spectacular pictures from space, but theyre not detailed enough to help us in our search for life in the trillions of galaxies across the universe. If tens of percent of stars have planets that could resemble the ear

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不管是UFO的目击还是埃及金字塔的惊人构造,人类一直致力寻找生命谜团的答案:宇宙中只有我们吗?本期聚光灯挑战赛亲临麦田怪圈现场,要求选手两人分组根据麦田怪圈的航拍图创造可能

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Hawking, Zuckerberg to Search for Life in the Universe 霍金、扎克伯格寻找外星生命 It is one of the oldest questions ever asked: Are we alone or is there other life out in the Universe? Last week, an international team of scientists and b

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Space aliens and extraterrestrials have long been popular subjects of Hollywood movies and science fiction literature. But the idea of intelligent life in outer space is no longer limited to fiction. 外星人和天外来客长期以来一直是好莱坞

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Because from trillions of miles away, these small planets get lost in the blinding glare of their stars brightness. The sad truth of the matter is that earth-like planets are near cosmic specks of dust. And therefore detecting them is really quite ha

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To make sure Kepler's truely found a planet, scientists are using one of the largest earth-based telescopes for conformation. This telescope will also determine the planet's mass and distance from its star. Scientists are most interested in the small

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For thousands of years, weve wondered if we are alone in the cosmos. Life, is it a one-time event, or its something that's occurred lots of times throughout the universe.? And at this very moment, new discoveries are bringing us closer to the answers

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Are we alone ?And it ties into all the big questions: how do we get here ? where are we going ?Are we a part of a bigger picture? But for the longest time ,the question was taboo to science . Before the Mid-1990s ,it was considered somewhat embarassi

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Those planets are all going to be so hot, and you cant develop something as complex as life. Scientists have gone back to the drawing board, looking to find worlds capable of supporting life, small rocky planets like earth. We dont know that life has

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Water allows the sand grains to flow to gather and intermingle and form more complex structures. In the same way, water acts like a cocktail mixer, allowing the atoms and molecules to come together, and also may form the building blocks of life. All

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英国著名物理学家斯蒂芬霍金与俄罗斯商人尤里米尔纳在伦敦举行联合记者会,宣布两人将为寻找外星生命迹象的新倡议投资1亿美元。 请看美联社的报道: Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking and Russ

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