暗物质和暗能量，当前天体物理学中许多未解之谜的源头，将出现在很多发生在太空和外星的故事中。
Dark matter and dark energy, the sources of many current open questions in astrophysics, will figure in many space-based stories and some planet-based ones.
比尔·斯通：在我看来，在我们的有生之日，将会看到微生物在火星、“欧罗巴”或一些外星的冰质卫星上存在。
Bill Stone: in my opinion, within our lifetimes, microbiological life will be shown to exist either on Mars or on Europa, or some other outer planet's watery moon.
未来威胁人类的不是外星人，也不是罕见的疾病，而是气候变化。
It's neither aliens nor a rare disease that will threaten the human race in the future, but climate change.
这些有趣的花看起来像一群橙色的小外星人一起走在岩石上，所以有时它们被称为快乐外星人草。
These amusing flowers also look like little orange aliens walking together over the rocks, so sometimes they are nicknamed the Happy Alien Plant.
他说的最后一句话可能会触动人们的心灵：“我还年轻，所以我可以学着像外星人一样思考。”
His last sentence may touch people's hearts: "I am young, so I can learn to think like an alien."
探索其状况与我们这个星球相类似的“地球双胞胎”，将不可避免地把有关一些外星生命的问题放在显著地位。
The discovery of "Earth twins," with conditions similar to what we find here, will inevitably bring questions about alien life to the forefront.
演员们看到的是彼此穿着动作捕捉所需的服装在布满摄像机的仓库里跑来跑去，而卡梅伦看到的却是那威人穿梭在外星球的景观之中。
While the actors saw each other in motion-capture suits running around in a warehouse littered with cameras, Mr Cameron saw Na 'vi moving through the alien landscape.
上图为鹰状星云若干突出的尘埃柱之一，就像是一个巨大的外星精灵。
Pictured above is one of several striking dust pillars of the Eagle Nebula that might be described as a gigantic alien fairy.
这些照片十分清晰地呈现了外星球的景观，其中包括火山口、山谷、山脊、河床、奇特的地表形态以及其他一些景象。
They reveal an alien landscape of craters, valleys, ridges, channels, weird surface patterns and other features in incredible detail.
早在50年前，美国天文学家FrankDrake(弗兰克·德瑞克)就已开始搜寻来自外星文明的信号。
FIFTY years ago, an American astronomer called Frank Drake started to search for signals coming from alien civilisations.
真有点像和来自外太空的外星人接触一样！
It would be a bit like being in touch with an alien from outer space!
当那些外星人终被找到的时候，希望它们能对我们友好些。
兰斯·亨德瑞克斯是第三批金星远征队的随队外星人心理学专家，他此刻正精疲力竭地在金星滚烫的沙地上跋涉，想找到一位金星人，并设法与之交上朋友。这已经是他的第五次尝试了。
Rance Hendrix, alien psychology specialist with the third Venusian expedition, trudged wearily across the hot sands to find a Venusian and, for a fifth time, to try to make friends with one.
昨天，有一位权威的俄罗斯天文学家做出了大胆的预测，称人类将在未来的二十年中与外星文明相遇。
Humanity will encounter alien civilisations with the next two decades, a top Russian astronomer predicted yesterday.
我想每个人都希望外星人与我们多少有点相似之处，会发简单的图画和容易解码的信息。
I guess everyone's hoping that if the aliens are anything like us, they'll send simple pictures and easy-to-decode messages.
在本片的一个场景中，超人悬浮在地球之上，观众听到他那位外星父亲的画外音。
In one scene, as Superman floats above the Earth, we hear his alien father in a voiceover.
Pillinger教授认为火星是最有可能找到外星生命的地方。
Prof Pillinger argues that Mars is the most likely place to find alien life.
戴维斯指出那些利用无线电天文望远镜搜寻外星人的科学家设想其他生命也可能利用这种通讯工具。
Mr Davies points out that scientists who search for aliens using radio telescopes are assuming that other life would use this form of communication.
霍金在一部新拍摄的纪录片中断言有智慧的外星生命形式几乎可以肯定其存在，但他也警告人们，与他们相互交流也许“太过冒险”。
Hawking claims in a new documentary that intelligent alien lifeforms almost certainly exist, but warns that communicating with them could be "too risky."
这项任务旨在模拟生物课上学习动物种类的过程，它之所以用外星生物代替实际物种，是为了确保测试者不会凭借其原有的知识进行记忆。
This task was meant to be similar to learning about animal species in a biology lesson. It used aliens in place of actual species to be certain that the participants could not draw on prior knowledge.
如果“它们”存在——本文的前提是假设它们确实存在——那么到底有多少外星文明，能让我们期待与之相遇呢？
If "they" are out there — and for the purpose of this article let's assume they are — then how many alien civilizations can we expect to come across?
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.
他认为在地球上甚至可能会发现外星生命的痕迹。
He believes marks of alien life may even be found here on Earth.
尽管故事讲了几十年了，预设的背景却非常简单：一位魅力十足的外星人乘一只破破烂烂的蓝盒子穿越时空，尽自己最大能力拯救世界。
Despite decades of lore, the premise is winningly simple: a charming alien travels through time and space in a dinged-up blue box, doing his level best to save the day.
我时常想，如果我们受到来自这个世界之外的外星人的威胁，我们之间的纷争将会多快地消失。
I occasionally think how quickly our differences would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world.
曾经梦想人类能和有智慧的外星人接触。
Many people have dreamed about intelligent aliens and humans making contact.
Edelstein推测这也可能是外星文明还没有造访地球的一个原因。
Edelstein speculates this might be one reason why extraterrestrial civilisations haven't paid us a visit.
但无论哪种方式，答案就和寻找外星生命本身一样是具有推测性的。
But either way, the answer is as speculative as the search for extraterrestrial life itself.
科幻小说经常描写这么一种时刻：全人类形成了一个和谐的整体。而我相信，不必等到外星人出现，这个时刻就会来临。
Science fiction oftendescribes a day when humanity will form a harmonious whole, and I believe thearrival of such a day need not wait for the appearance of extraterrestrials.
科幻小说经常描写这么一种时刻：全人类形成了一个和谐的整体。而我相信，不必等到外星人出现，这个时刻就会来临。
Science fiction oftendescribes a day when humanity will form a harmonious whole, and I believe thearrival of such a day need not wait for the appearance of extraterrestrials.
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