10-09-03 Once upon a time, there were two very good friends who lived together in the shade of a rock. Strange as it may seem, one was a lion and one was a tiger. They had met when they were too young to know the difference between lions and tigers. So they...
10-08-28 The Man in the Moon has become the latest victim of contraction in the housing market. 月球人成为月球房地产市场紧缩的最新受害者。 A bird soars in front of a half moon near Glencoe, Ky., Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Astronomers reporting on Thursday in the...
10-07-20 领航宇航员 lead astronaut 美国航空航天管理局 NASA(The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) 逃逸塔 escape tower 天线 antenna 通信卫星 communication satellite 同步轨道卫星 geosynchronous satellite 拍摄和传送地球照片 capture and relay picture...
10-07-02 Up to now scientists thought that the trace amounts(微量) of carbon on the surface of the Moon came from the solar wind. Now researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory have detected and dated Moon carbon in the form of graphi...
10-05-07 静夜思 - 李白 床前明月光, 疑是地上霜。 举头望明月, 低头思故乡。 Thoughts in the Silent Night --- Li Bai Beside my bed a pool of light--- Is it hoarfrost on the ground? I lift my eyes and see the moon, I bend my head and think of home....
10-03-31 The highest-resolution-yet temperature map and images of Saturn(土星) 's icy moon Mimas obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal surprising patterns on the surface of the small moon, including unexpected hot regions that resemble Pac-Man eatin...
10-03-16 Images from the recent flyby(飞越) of Phobos(火卫一) , on 7 March 2010, are released today. The images show Mars' rocky moon in exquisite(优美的,精致的) detail, with a resolution of just 4.4 metres per pixel. They show the proposed landing si...
10-01-03 天文学家表示,12月31日晚上,北美、欧洲和非洲国家的人们将看到本月的第二轮满月,即人们所说的蓝月,而东半球的人们则有望观赏到本年度最后一次月偏食。据科学家介绍,在天文历法中,当一个月出现两次满月时,第二个满月就被赋予一个充满神秘浪漫色彩的名字蓝月(Blu...
09-12-11 Iapetus伊阿佩托斯 is often called Saturn土星 's most bizarre奇异的 moon, due to its starkly明显地 contrasting hemispheres半球 one black as coal, the other white as snow. Images taken by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, orbiting Saturn since 2004, off...
09-11-14 Nasa's experiment last month to find water on the Moon was a major success, US scientists have announced. 美国科学家宣布,美国航空航天局上个月寻找月球上的水源的实验取得重大胜利。 A camera on the probe shows the ejecta plume about 20 seconds after im...