The discovery is being hailed as the Holy Grail of astronomy.

这个发现被认为是为天文学圆了梦。

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Descartes received his stimulus from the new physics and astronomy of Copernicus, Galileo, and others.

笛卡儿从哥白尼、伽利略和其他科学家的新物理学和天文学中获得了灵感。

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We are on the threshold of a new era in astronomy.

我们将迈入天文学的新时代。

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Whereas we all know that the universe is of a certain kind-- -- we can't even call it Copernican anymore-- poetry has this odd preference for Ptolemaic astronomy.

虽然我们都知道宇宙是怎样的-,现在即使哥白尼的理论也不完全正确了-,但是诗歌偏爱托勒密的宇宙观。

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If that argument, if the argument-- If trying to run the Cartesian argument for astronomy fails, yet it seems to be an exactly analogous argument, we ought to conclude that the argument for the distinctness of the mind and the body must fail as well.

如果这个论证,如果把卡氏论证运用到天文学,是失败的,看来我们也不得不承认,类似的那个证明心灵,和身体不同的那个论证,必然也是失败的

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Astronomy-based artwork and collectibles decorate the instrument room, which includes a 19th-century piano and a harpsichord that was built by his father.

WSJ: The Mannheim Steamroller Founder's Wild Holiday Home

Fujitsu's contribution to exploring the final frontier consists of 35 PRIMERGY x86 servers, tied together with a dedicated (astronomy-centric) computational unit.

ENGADGET

He was always a kind and responsive person who would go to any length to answer questions about astronomy - and cricket!

BBC: Sir Patrick Moore: Your memories