Whether we're launching a space shuttle or trying to discover another Earth-like planet, we rely on scientific laws and theories to guide us.
无论我们要发射宇宙飞机或是试图发现另一颗类似于地球的行星，我们都有赖于科学定律和理论的指引。
Let me be clear: Another Earth, opening July 22, is not a science-fiction film, despite its premise of the discovery of a planet just like our own.
首先让我来澄清：《另一个地球》将于7月22日上映。抛开作为其探索像我们一样的星球的线索，它并非是一部科幻电影。
Earth is not the only planet they have terrorized. From what I have learned, there are at least another 21 planets that need to be freed from these menaces.
从我的了解里，地球不是他们实施恐怖统治的唯一的星球，另外至少还有21个行星，需要从这些恐怖统治中解脱出来。
Life could have existed on another planet, maybe even one as close as Mars, and then made its way to Earth instead of originating here.
生命可能起初存在于另一颗行星，也许就是离得最近的火星，而后通过某种途径来到了地球，而非起源于此。
Geologists care about sediments, hammering away at them to uncover what they have to say about the past-especially the huge spans of time as the Earth passes from one geological period to another.
地质学家关注沉积物，通过它们地质学家可以揭示过去，特别是在地球从一个地质年代跨越到另一个地质年代时那些巨大的时间跨度。
Alternatively, it suggests life from Earth may have landed on other planets or moons on boulders blasted off Earth in an impact, though whether it could survive on those bodies is another matter.
另外，这还表明地球上的生命可能会经由撞击产生的碎屑降落到其他行星或者卫星，当然它们能否在这些天体上生存就是另一回事了。
In this method, when one star passes in front of another, as seen from Earth, the nearer star's gravity ACTS like a lens, bending and magnifying the more distant star's light.
当天文学家用这种方法从地球上观测到一颗恒星在另一颗恒星前“走过”时，距地球较近的这颗恒星的重力就如同一个镜头，将较远的那颗恒星的光弯曲并放大。
A fourth object, which has more than ten times the mass of Earth and is the nearest to the star yet found, was noticed by another team in 2004.
第四颗行星被另一个科研小组于2004年发现，它有着地球十倍的质量，而且是与那颗已知恒星距离最近的。
Their ability to go on a sustained eating binge while at the bay is due entirely to another creature: the horseshoe crab. These bizarre animals are among the oldest on Earth.
让它们能不停地在特拉华湾狂吃的原因，完全是因为老天爷在那里安排了另一种生物：马蹄蟹，地球上最古老的奇怪的动物。
Another shows the streaks of green flashes dropping to earth like rain with a meteorite soaring through the middle of it - all while a shimmering lake is illuminated by the colourful display.
另外一张照片里，一条一条的绿色光束像下雨般跌落大地，一道流星恰好从中穿过——此刻地上的湖面正被五彩的极光照得通明。
In 2007, for instance, HARPS discovered another super-Earth, called Gliese 581d, that may lie within the habitable zone of its star.
例如，在2007年，HARPS发现了另一个命名为葛利斯581的超级地球，它可能处于宿主恒星的宜居区。
Astronomers have seen "Einstein rings", formed when light from a distant galaxy is bent by the presence of a nearer massive object, usually another galaxy, that lies directly in its path to Earth.
天文学家们已经观测到了数个“爱因斯坦环”。他们来自遥远的星系，被近处的一个大质量物体(通常是另外一个星系)所弯曲，才来到地球。
Some claim that the Earth will soon experience another dramatic polar shift, and that, as a result, entire continents might sink while new ones emerge from the sea.
有些人声称地球很快就要经历另一次巨大的地极变化，因此，或许整片大陆会沉没而新的大陆会从海上升起。
Even if another intelligent species evolved on Earth, almost all traces of humanity would have vanished long before.
即使有另外一种智能生物入侵地球，在那之前所有的人类踪迹也都已经无影无踪。
The report mentions favorably "Earth Hour," a project by the World Wildlife Fund, and praises the work of another private organization, the Energy Foundation.
报告中提到由世界野生动物基金会发起的很受欢迎的活动“地球一小时”，还盛赞了另一个私人组织能源基金会所作的贡献。
The report mentions favorably “Earth Hour,” a project by the World Wildlife Fund, and praises the work of another private organization, the Energy Foundation.
报告中提到由世界野生动物基金会发起的很受欢迎的活动“地球一小时”，还盛赞了另一个私人组织能源基金会所作的贡献。
An old legend relates that long ago God had a great many burdens which he wished to have carried from one place to another on earth, so he asked the animals to lend a hand.
这是一个古老的传说。很久以前，上帝承载着大量的负担，他想把它从一个地方运到另一个地方，因此，他请求动物们助他一臂之力。
Whether or not extraterrestrial entities are visiting earth is an argument for another time and place.
是否有外星生物造访过地球的争论日后另作别论。
They say they have strong evidence for another planet in the same system that has about eight times the mass of the Earth and orbits every 84 days.
他们说他们有足够证据证明在同样系统内还有一个行星，体积为地球的8倍，运转周期为84天。
No matter how much manufacturers try to make cars environmentally friendly, it will damage our earth in one way or another.
不管汽车生产厂商多么尽力生产有益于环保的汽车，汽车还会以种种不同方式破坏我们的地球。
He and his colleagues have taken a close look at another exoplanet: WASP 12b, a gas giant 267 parsecs from Earth, which was discovered in 2009.
他和他的同事仔细观测了另一个系外行星：WASP12b，一个距地球267秒差距的气体巨星，它于2009年被发现。
When scientists first discovered Gliese 581 c, another confirmed super-Earth, in 2007, they thought the planet was, just possibly, capable of hosting life.
格利泽 581c被确认是另一个“超级地球”，科学家在2007年首次发现它的时候，一度以为它有条件承载生命。
The trio will return to Earth in early May on another Soyuz after giving Lu and Malenchenko a weeklong tour.
他们三人将在卢和马伦·岑科做完为期一周的太空旅行之后乘坐另一艘Soyuz宇宙飞船返回地球。
Then it was another May, when the earth was covered with pomegranate blossoms again. Our old wounds had just healed, but we ran into each other again.
又是一个榴花红遍天涯的五月，旧痕已逐渐平复，我们又邂逅相遇。
Observations with another telescope indicate that the light now reaching Earth left those galaxies as much as 11 billion years ago, the researchers note.
研究人员指出：用另外一架望远镜进行的观测表明，目前到达地球上的光线是早在110亿年前离开那些星系的。
While another features a bend of green light following the curvature of the earth and almost appearing to slice through the starry sky.
另一张图片上绿光跟随大地弯曲，在布满星星的夜空这些绿光好像变成了一片一片。
Located 54 light-years away, the exoplanet is yet another member of the super-Earth club [source: NASA].
这颗系外行星位于54光年以外，是“超级地球俱乐部”的又一个成员[来源: NASA]。
The Earth may exist in an underpopulated portion of the Milky Way, meaning we might not encounter another alien intelligence for a long, long time, if at all.
也许，地球所在之处是银河系的犄角旮旯，如果真是这样，我们在短期内不太可能与其他外星智慧生命有接触。
The Earth may exist in an underpopulated portion of the Milky Way, meaning we might not encounter another alien intelligence for a long, long time, if at all.
也许，地球所在之处是银河系的犄角旮旯，如果真是这样，我们在短期内不太可能与其他外星智慧生命有接触。
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