Astronomers believe that only 50% of the mass of the dilapidated star gets swallowed by the black hole; the other half gets "burped" back out into space before it reaches the point of no return.

天文学家们认为被黑洞吸入的恒星只有50%的质量会被它吞掉；而剩下的一半会因黑洞“打嗝”而在万劫不复之前返回外界。

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By raising sealevels, and therefore the grounding line, in their model, Katz's teamwere able to find the point of no return beyond which the glacier wouldbe unable to recover.

海平面上升，因此在模型中地平线也会上升，卡兹的团队发现存在一个临界点，如果冰川超过该点便无法恢复到从前的状态。

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But for other carriers, particularly those in India, the point of no return appears to have been passed.

但是对于其它航空公司，尤其是对印度的航空公司而言，无可挽回的时机似乎已经过去了。

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Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak says Iran is moving quickly toward the "point of no return."

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The leader of Kent County Council, Paul Carter, said at the time that the county had got nearly 20 projects "past the point of no return", before the school revamps were halted.

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It's top climate scientist issued a warning: we're rapidly reaching the point of no return.

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The Finns and Swedes could add debt without pushing themselves beyond the point of no return.

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