Adding to the oddities, in 1978 scientists announced they'd found a moon of Pluto—but one that's almost half its size, making it the largest moon in relation to its parent body.

更奇怪的是，在1978年科学家宣传他们发现了一颗冥王星的卫星，它的体积居然达到冥王星体积的一半，这颗卫星也就成为了已知卫星中与其母星体积相比最大的一颗。

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Tuesday's partial eclipse occurred in Europe when a fraction of the moon obscured the sun, making it seem - in clear skies - as if a "bite" had been taken out of the solar face.

由于月球部分遮挡太阳，本周二欧洲大部可观测到日偏食。在晴好的天气里，人们可看到，太阳好似被“咬”了一口。

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Meteorologist Jeff Masters, director of the Weather Underground website, said flooding caused by Hurricane Irene could be worse than usual, because the storm will be making landfall during a new moon.

Weather Underground网站总监，气象学家杰夫Masters说，飓风艾琳引起的洪水泛滥比通常的更厉害，因为新月那段时间风暴刚好登陆。

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That is, the moon pulls hardest on the Earth's oceans on the side facing the moon, making a bulge of water (high tide).

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Above him, the moon persists in the sky despite the growing sunlight, making a silhouette of a golden eagle as it bobs up and down, riding warm currents in the air.

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