The Mayan civilization, based in modern day Mexico and Central America, reached its height from 300 AD to 900 AD and had a talent for astronomy.
玛雅文化以现代的墨西哥和中美洲为基础，在公元300至公元900年间达到顶峰，具有非凡的天文智慧。
The new study "is a nice piece of work," says Mauricio Cisternas, an astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany.
德国海德尔堡市马普学会天文研究所的天文学家莫里西奥·西斯特纳斯说，这项新研究“很精致”。
"This discovery is very exciting," said Rainer Klement of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany, who targetted the stars in the study.
“这个发现非常令人兴奋，”德国海德堡马克斯·普朗克天文研究所的赖纳·克莱门特这样说，他在这项研究中负责选定作为观测对象的星球。
He has served as Member, Secretary or Chairman of the Greek National Committee for Astronomy and Secretary or President of the Hellenic Astronomical Society.
也曾经是希腊国家天文委员会的秘书长以及希腊天文协会会长。
Since he was fascinated by celestial stars in his childhood, he has been working for astronomy, contributing many astronomical illustrations to books, magazines, and planetariums.
自从他在他的童年被天空星迷住， 他一直为天文学工作，把很多天文的插图献出到书，杂志和天文馆。
Such discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for biology, astronomy and philosophy.
这些发现很可能对生物学、天文学和哲学产生革命性的影响。
Mathew, I'd love for you to talk about this astronomy unit in class on Wednesday.
马修，我希望你能在周三的课上谈谈这一天文学单元。
It is often a lingua franca of conferences, for example, and many journal articles in fields as diverse as astronomy, child psychology and zoology have English as a kind of default language.
例如，英语经常是各种会议的通用语，天文学、儿童心理学和动物学等领域的许多期刊文章都将英语作为一种默认语言。
Optical astronomy is most directly affected, for although interstellar gas is perfectly transparent, the dust is not.
光学天文学受到最直接的影响，因为虽然星际气体是完全透明的，但尘埃却不是。
In Astronomy, for example, the distinction between the solar system and the universe wasn't clear until modern times.
例如，在天文学中，太阳系和宇宙两者的区别直到现代才被弄清楚。
It looks like you're registered for Introduction to Astronomy, Survey of American Literature, and Introduction to Government and Politics.
看上去你注册了天文学导论、美国文学概论、政府和政治导论。
Although it was a great hobby for her, she wanted to study aeronautics or astronomy as a career.
不过这只是她一大爱好，她本想学习航空或天文作为职业。
In one survey, working conditions for philosophers outranked some other prestigious fields like aerospace engineering and astronomy.
在一项调查中，哲学家的工作条件超过了像航空航天工程和天文学等声名卓著的领域。
It could become a launching pad for an African network using astronomy to enhance education.
它可以成为利用天文学促进教育的一个非洲网络的启动平台。
The choice of the name Kepler is timely, for 2009 is the 400th anniversary of two of the most momentous events in astronomy.
2009年是天文学历史上最重要的两大事件400年的周年纪念，选定“开普勒”做望远镜的名字也是应景之作。
It is home to ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), the flagship facility for European ground-based astronomy.
这也是欧洲的旗舰级地面天文设备，欧洲南方天文台(eso)超大望远镜(VLT)所在之处。
The experiments in astrophysics and astronomy give limits [for the axion's existence] over long distances very stringently, but not for the short distances.
天体物理与天文学的实验在远距离上有严格的限制(对轴子存在)，但是短距离上并没有。
Arithmetic, astronomy and geometry were a standard part of the curriculum in medieval schools, making Gerbert's enthusiasm for these subjects unusual, but not unheard of.
算术、天文和几何本来就是中世纪学校的部分标准课程，这些课程引起了教皇尔贝特的热情本身就是非同一般的，但也不是闻所未闻。
A well-rounded man, known for his work in astronomy and mathematics, the Irish-born Thomson was a tall, austere figure with a narrow face and keenly penetrating eyes.
汤姆森多才多艺，尤以数学和天文学上的成就著称。出生于爱尔兰的汤姆森身材高大、不苟言笑、面容消瘦、目光敏锐。
The institute is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. in Washington, D.C.
该研究所由华盛顿特区的联合大学天文学研究机构为NASA管理。
We knew it was unusual for not-quite-three-year-olds to know so much about astronomy, to possess such an advanced vocabulary, to spend hours at a stretch spinning the lids of Tupperware containers.
他们知道很多天文学知识，并且拥有如此高级的词汇，连续不断的几个小时旋转特百惠容器的盖子，我们知道这些对一个不足三岁的小孩来说是不正常的。
BLOCK: do you think, Kathryn, that this is something you want to keep on doing, either for fun or maybe when you're grown up doing something with astronomy?
布洛克：凯瑟琳，你有没有觉得，这就是你想要一直做的，出于乐趣，或者也许等你长大，将从事天文方面的职业？
But in recent years, it has emerged as one of the hottest new fields in biology, similar to string theory in physics or the search for extraterrestrial life in astronomy.
但是近年来，它成为生物学最热门的新领域之一，就像弦论之于物理学，或像寻找外星生命之于天文学。
Scientists will map the brain as well as search for Earth-like planets-in what will be the International year of Astronomy, 400 years after Galileo first peered through a telescope.
科学家们将绘制大脑图，并寻找类地行星。另外，当年伽利略首次用望远镜观测天空400年之后，我们迎来了国际天文年。
Scientists will map the brain as well as search for Earth-like planets-in what will be the International year of Astronomy, 400 years after Galileo first peered through a telescope.
科学家们将绘制大脑图，并寻找类地行星。另外，当年伽利略首次用望远镜观测天空400年之后，我们迎来了国际天文年。
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