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EXPLORATIONS - Edwin Hubble Changed Our Ideas About the Universe and Its Birth EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Today, Richard Rael and Tony Riggs tell the story of American astronomer Edwin Hubble. He changed our
AS IT IS 2014-03-21 Yanukovych Corruption Linked to Current Problems in Ukraine Hello again, and welcome back. Im Jim Tedder in Washington with a program that will help you learn and improve your American English. Today we continue to look at the sit
英国物理学家霍金去世 享年76岁 Staying in England for our next story: world renowned physicist Stephen Hawking died at his home in Cambridge yesterday. He was born on January 8th, 1942, the 300th anniversary of the death of the astronomer
Winking Star Six Centuries Ago Explained 揭秘600年前那颗一闪即逝的恒星 On March 11, 1437, Korean royal astronomers noticed something out of the ordinary in the night sky. There was a brand new star they'd never seen before, between two o
Solar Eclipse in 1097 May Be Rock Carving Subject 古代雕刻记载天文景观 More than 900 years ago, the Pueblo people were thriving in New Mexicos Chaco Canyon. While they were there, the region experienced what the whole country is looking for
This giant gas bag is built from the flimsiest materials in the universe. But for all its squishy bulk, its a great little mover. Jupiter spins at such a breakneck speed that it bulges at the equator, so fast in fact that a day here lasts less than t
Technology Report - Is NASAs James Webb Space Telescope a Time Machine? This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. If you could build a time machine, what would it look like? Maybe, it should look like a telescope. American scientists are bui
By Patricia Nunan in Kantale, Sri Lanka 24 August 2006 As many as 170,000 people in northern and eastern Sri Lanka have been displaced in recent weeks by fighting between the Tamil Tiger rebels and government forces. VOA's Patricia Nunan recently me
Juno Spacecraft Launches Toward Jupiter The U.S. space agency launched the Juno spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday, beginning a five-year journey to Jupiter. 3,2,1. Ignition and liftoff of the Atlas 5 [rocket] with Juno on a t
Scientists Looking at Coldest Objects in Universe 寻找宇宙中最冷的物体 Astronomers have a new powerful tool for looking deep into space while trying to better understand the origins of the universe. It is a new telescope that will look for
Germany Returns Antique Books Stolen in Italy 德国归还意大利被窃古董书籍 Germany is returning to Italy more than 500 valuable antique books stolen from Italian libraries about three years ago. An Italian librarian has been convicted in t
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Today, scientists announced a big discovery around a star in the constellation Aquarius - seven planets about the size of Earth. And as NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports, they're most likely rocky planets that could be cozy enou
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
Ok, imagine you are at the beach, in order to figure out if there are fish in the ocean, you dip an empty glass into the water and look inside. No fish in the glass? Well, there must be no fish in the ocean. Not too logical, is it? But that's exactly
It's really a wonderful time to be an astronomer, especially in studies of Milk Way. Were undergoing something for revolution. In fact, we can take you places. They're really quite remarkable. We are about to embark on an amazing journey. We'll take
By Jessica Berman Washington 19 March 2008 For the first time ever, astronomers using the Hubble space telescope have discovered the presence of the organic molecule methane in the atmosphere around a planet outside our solar system. While astronomer
Voyager Carrys Gold Record into Interstellar Space 旅行者号向星际太空送去的金唱片 Last weekend, the Voyager spacecraft, launched from Earth in 1977, left the solar system and headed into interstellar space. As it did, the ship carried
I dread to come to the end of the year,said a friend to me recently, it makes me realize I am growing old. William James, the great psychologist, said that most men are old fogies at twenty-fiveHe was right. Most men at twenty-five are satisfied with
Every year the Smithsonians National Portrait Gallery in downtown Washington adds new works to its vast collection. 每年,位于华盛顿市中心的史密森尼国立肖像馆都会为其浩如烟海的收藏集锦中添加新的作品。 Ann Shu
Building a Better Mirror for Telescopes 为望远镜打造更优质镜面 To study the heavens, it's all about the photons. We in astronomy are always greedy. We want every photon we can collect. Drew Phillips, astronomer at University of California