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Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud is one of the closest star-forming regions to our own solar system. Located near the constellations Scorpius and Ophiuchus, the nebula is about 407 light years away from Earth. The infrared astronomical satellite, now celebra

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Conditions on Mars were so harsh that it was hard to imagine any life surviving there. The idea of sophisticated aliens was wiped out. We know that conditions on Mars today are not very good for life.

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 火星生命

These discoveries raised the stakes. Here was a planet similar to our own. Mars might not have cities or civilizations. But it could be home to other smaller life forms like microbes. Chris McKay is N

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I think it is exciting. Because it would imply that if life arose independently on Mars. The implication is that life is pervasive throughout the universe. This is why Mars has so obsessed scientists.

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In 2001 a new NASA probe was launched. Called Odyssey, it was sent to Mars to carry out the most detailed analysis ever of the planet’s surface. What it has discovered may be about to answer one of

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But even if there had been water, life doesn't start overnight. Even a simple microbe is the product of complex chemical systems that take millions of years to evolve. Had the water lasted long enough

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Rice had seen the same thing in Iceland, one of the few places on Earth with similarities to Mars. It too is extremely cold, and most of the water is frozen into glaciers. And also like Mars, buried u

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For Mars to have rivers, it must once have had streams, rain, clouds and an atmosphere, a planet just like the Earth today-if these were rivers. They had to be sure. The answers would come in 1998 wit

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William Boynton is professor of planetary sciences at the University of Arizona. And he's dedicated his life to looking for water on Mars. The link between life and water is very strong. Even here in

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'Deepwater Horizon' Honors The Sacrifice Without Sacrificing The Action play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:02repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update you

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

Of course, any terraforming is still a long way off. The next few expeditions to Mars will definitely be made by machines. NASA, are sending 2 rovers, capable of travelling over 100 meters a day in se

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Well, hearing that Odyssey had found subsurface water on Mars was enormously exciting for somebody who is involved in planning to send humans to Mars. Water has a number of important uses for us. At t

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Life on Earth is basically proteins and DNA, so we can wonder if there is life on Mars will also be DNA and proteins, the same type of DNA, the same type of proteins. One might think that DNA is such

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But there was something even better. Odyssey may not just have found ice. There may also be liquid water, and that means, there could be living creatures there too. Right now, there might be liquid wa

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But they never got there. The first disappeared into deep space. Another missed its target when its coordinates were confused. One NASA control center was working in metric, the other in feet and inch

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The ground here is permafrost, a mixture of soil and ice frozen together. A group of Russian scientists have teamed up with NASA to drill down into it in search of microorganisms. It's work that's bee

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One of these wavelengths corresponds to hydrogen, another wavelength would be iron. Another wavelength would be oxygen. And so you go to the part of the spectrum you are interested in and you see you'

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on a cloud under a cloud 你们肯定都知道英文里的前置词有时会使人很混乱,它们在句子里虽然不显眼,但是作用却很关键,用错了一个前置词意思可能完全不

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Eight years ago today, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 people and led to a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The accident prompted big changes in how the country regulates offshore drilling. No

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模仿句子:But there is also another voice on the horizon, a new champion for a different way of thinking. 原文翻译:但目前还有另外的声音,主张捍卫新的思维方式。

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