The DARK AGE: According to current science, space, time and matter originated 13.7 billion years ago in a tremendous explosion called the Big Bang.

黑暗时期：根据当代科学，太空、时间和物质都是起源于137亿年前的一次大爆炸，我们称之为——宇宙大爆炸。

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The result, he said, “was the most monumental non-nuclear explosion and fire ever seen from space.”

他说，结果“造成了最为壮观的一次非核爆炸，火焰甚至可以从太空中看到。”

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Infrared observations have shown that the explosion took place in a cavity in space.

红外线观测表明爆炸发生在太空的一个空洞里。

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But an explosion in space cost him the chance to reach the moon -- and nearly cost the crew their lives.

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While at NBC, Lemon covered the explosion of Space Shuttle Columbia, SARS in Canada and numerous other stories of national and global importance.

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Carrying the aerospace analogy, Simmons says the investigation into this disaster will be akin to that following the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger.

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Bob Graham, a Democrat, and former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William Reilly, who served under a Republican, are the picks to lead the panel, which could be patterned after past commissions that have investigated incidents such as the 1986 explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger, the people said.

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