Scientists lobbed a bombshell into the world of sub-atomic theory on Wednesday by reporting that a primary building block of the visible Universe, the proton, is smaller than previously thought.

科学家们周三向亚原子理论的世界抛了颗重磅炸弹：可见世界的一块基石——质子——比先前人们认为得要小。

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Nine Lego-like 'building block' galaxies initially detected by Hubble likely contributed to the construction of the Universe as we know it.

最初由哈勃发现的九个如同积木一样的“砖块”星系很可能为宇宙的建设做出了贡献。

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Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe.

一些科学家宣称氢，因为它的大量存在，是宇宙的基本构成元素。

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