这项最新发现将帮助天文学家在寻找外星生命过程中辨别两种来源不同的甲烷。
The latest research will help astronomers distinguish between the two sources of methane in their search for extraterrestrial life.
天文学家还需要进一步观察才能确定这些新发现的星体是否呈球形。
Astronomers will need more detailed observations to determine if any of the newfound objects are truly round.
天文学家们已经发现了数以百计的系外行星，但是没有一任何一颗可以和新发现的这颗相媲美，因为它正环绕着一颗不可思议的恒星运行。
Astronomers have already discovered hundreds of exoplanets. But make way for the new kid. Which is orbiting a kind of star that models say it shouldn't.
天文学家们认为这颗新发现的行星的质量至少是木星的1.25倍，它的运行轨道非常贴近其母星，绕其运行一周只需16.2天。
The new planet is thought to have a minimum mass 1.25 times that of Jupiter and circles in close proximity to its parent star, with an orbit lasting just 16.2 days.
天文学家最新发现了一颗被认为是迄今为止和地球最为相像的行星，而且被视为可能成为人类未来的居住地。
A planet more like Earth than any yet discovered has been identified as a potential future home for mankind.
新发现的一颗星引起了那位天文学家的注意。
一九七七年对天王星的几项新发现振奋了行星天文学家。
New discoveries about Uranus excited planetary astronomers in 1977.
去年6月，天文学家们敬酒每个实验室在世界各地的香槟杯等，品尝他们的最新发现。
Last June, astronomers were toasting each other with champagne glasses in laboratories around the world, savoring their latest discovery.
这颗新发现的彗星非常大，令天文学家们很是吃惊。
Stargazers were struck by the uncommon magnitude of the newly discovered comet.
但是这些奇怪的星球与天文学家们目前所观察到的情况根本无法相提并论。据了解，这六颗新发现的行星属于热木星。
But these oddballs are nothing compared with what astronomers are seeing with six newly discovered planets known as hot Jupiters.
但是这些奇怪的星球与天文学家们目前所观察到的情况根本无法相提并论。据了解，这六颗新发现的行星属于热木星。
But these oddballs are nothing compared with what astronomers are seeing with six newly discovered planets known as hot Jupiters.
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