Time to start giving extrasolar planets proper names
该替太阳系之外的行星适当取名了
Scientists first discovered an extrasolar planet in 1992.
1992年，科学家发现了第一颗太阳系之外的行星。
Even with the JWST, however, finding extrasolar 'Earths' will be tough.
即便使用JWST，寻找太阳系之外的“地球”依然不是轻而易举的事儿。
As of 2007, three extrasolar planets have been confirmed in orbit around this pulsar.
直至2007年，在这颗脉冲星周围轨道上已有三颗系外行星被确认。
Also, recent searches for extrasolar planets have concluded that planets are not rare.
另外，近期对太阳系外行星的研究结论表示，行星数量并不算少。
The Doppler effect is used to discover extrasolar planets.
都卜勒效应通常用于探索太阳系外行星。
The search for extrasolar planets has been going on for32 years.
寻找太阳系以外的星球已经进行三十二年了。
An extrasolar planet that could support liquid water finally showed itself in September.
一个能够支持液态水的太阳系外行星9月份终于出现。
The discoveries bring the total number of known extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, to 645.
这些发现使已知的太阳系外行星或系外行星总数量增至645个。
The extrasolar planet GJ 1214b is a rocky planet rich in water that sits about 40 light-years away.
外太阳系行星GJ1214b是一颗约有40光年远的由岩石组成的多水行星。
So far, only a handful of extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, have had their pictures taken directly.
到目前为止，我们仅仅获得了少数几个太阳系外行星的直接照片。
The study may help astronomers build telescopes to pick out life-friendly extrasolar planets in the future.
这项研究将来也许可以为天文学家搭建用以选择太阳系外适合生存的行星的望远镜提供帮助。
Astronomers may soon have observations to back up their hypotheses about lunar companions to extrasolar worlds.
天文学家可能很快就能得到支持他们假设的观测结果，他们的假设是在太阳系外的宇宙存在像月球一样的卫星。
The planet is one of three extrasolar planets orbiting the young star HR 8799, which lies 130 light-years away.
这个行星是绕着年轻恒星HR 8799运行的三个系外行星中的一员，这个恒星距离地球130光年。
The basic ingredients for life have been found around a second extrasolar planet, scientists reported Tuesday.
科学家星期二报告说，在太阳系以外的第二颗行星周围发现了生命的基本物质。
Barnes’ simulations predicted more-dire consequences for extrasolar planets near the edge of their habitable zones, though.
然而，巴恩斯所作的模拟预测出处于可居住区边缘的系外行星更为可怕的后果。
New simulations of extrasolar planetary systems may mean the definition of "habitable" planets needs to be completely overhauled.
针对系外行星系统的最新模拟可能意味着“可居住”行星的定义需彻底颠覆。
In the 15 years since the first extrasolar planet orbiting a Sun-like star was discovered, astronomers have found close to 500 more.
在距第一颗绕类太阳恒星运行的太阳系以外行星被发现的过去15年中，天文学家大概又发现了将近500个类似的行星。
So say three teams of scientists who used the Spitzer space telescope to capture the light spectrum of two known extrasolar planets.
三支科学家小组用“斯必择”空间望远镜捕获了两个已知的太阳系外行星的光谱。
Of course, there is the possibility that intelligent, scientifically minded alien species do evolve quite readily on extrasolar planets.
当然，也可能太阳系外智能的、有着科学思维的外星物种，其演化是很容易的。
But they needed the keen 'eye' of Hubble to make the first direct measurement of the chemical makeup of an extrasolar planet's atmosphere.
但是，天文学家仍需要一双敏锐的眼睛——哈勃来首次完成对这太阳系之外的一颗行星大气层化学构成的直接测量。
It will probe the mysterious magnetic field that exists between the stars, and its resolving power will help with the search for extrasolar planets.
它将探测星际间存在的神秘磁场，而且其分辨力将有助于寻找太阳系外的行星。
Looking for transiting extrasolar planets is analogous to palle and colleagues' technique - using the Moon as a mirror to watch Earth transit the Sun.
观察太阳系外行星凌日的技术同Palle和他同事的技术近似，那就是利用月亮作为镜子看地球相对于太阳的凌日。
But existing plans to photograph extrasolar planets in this way involve orbiting arrays of reflecting telescopes all pointing in exactly the same direction.
但是在现在的计划中，利用这种方法给太阳系以外的行星拍照就需要让多组的反射望远镜在轨道运行的时候全部精准的朝向同一个方向。
It is quite possible that, within our lifetimes, atmospheric studies of these extrasolar planets will provide the first evidence of biological life beyond Earth.
在我们的有生之年，对于这些外太阳系行星大气层的研究，很有可能提供地球外存在生命的首个证据。
Since 2006 there's been an explosion in the number of these extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, known to exist, with the current count at more than 400 and rising.
从2006年开始，太阳系外行星被发现的数目开始了激增。就目前数据已经发现了400多颗太阳系以外的行星，并且这个数目还在增长。
No one has yet discovered any extrasolar moons, but some researchers think the capacity to detect them-and even analyze them for habitability-may be just over the horizon.
目前还没有任何设备发现太阳系外的卫星，不过一些研究者认为人类具有探测到系外卫星的能力——甚至分析它们是否适合居住——可能已初现端倪。
The Keck Observatory has been invaluable in detecting extrasolar planets, worlds around other stars that were long postulated but only detected in the last dozen years or so.
近十几年来，人类开始探测到其他恒星周围的行星，在探测太阳系以外行星的过程中，凯克望远镜具有不可估量的的价值。
The Keck Observatory has been invaluable in detecting extrasolar planets, worlds around other stars that were long postulated but only detected in the last dozen years or so.
近十几年来，人类开始探测到其他恒星周围的行星，在探测太阳系以外行星的过程中，凯克望远镜具有不可估量的的价值。
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