June 2004's transit of Venus was thus more of an astronomical spectacle than a scientifically important event.

因此，2004年6月的金星凌日与其说是一个重要的科学事件，不如说是一个天文奇观。

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Bille and his team work with an optical instrument called an active mirror—a device used in astronomical telescopes to spot newly emerging stars and far distant galaxies.

比尔和他的团队使用一种被称为“活动镜”的光学仪器，这是一种在天文望远镜的种类中用来发现新出现的恒星和遥远星系的仪器。

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Classical geology borrowed a decisive, if unspoken, premise from Newton—the independence of Earth's processes from any astronomical context.

经典地质学从牛顿那里借用了一个决定性的前提——地球过程独立于任何天文环境。

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This year also marks the four hundredth anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope by Galileo.

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The measurements were reported at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Long Beach, California.

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R.J.Bell of Pregame.com says the number of possibilities to guarantee a perfect bracket are an astronomical 9.2 quintillion.

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Seen in motion, this is at once a powerful skeleton clock and a curious astronomical one, a gift to anyone for whom a modern clock can do so much more than just tell the time.

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And this could play a crucial role in evaluating the still-controversial evidence for the existence of life on Mars a planet that, in astronomical terms, is a mere stone's throw away.

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The drop-out rates have also divided lecturers and university chiefs, with the Association of University Teachers describing the highest drop-out rates as "astronomical" and a waste of public funds.

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