VOA常速英语2014--New Earth-Size Planet Found 地球大小的新行星被发现

New Earth-Size Planet Found 地球大小的新行星被发现 Not too big, not too small. Not too hot, not too cold. A newly discovered planet looks just right for life as we know it, according to an international group of astronomers. 不太大又不太

英语听力文摘 English Digest 560、为何星星会闪烁？

Why Do Stars Twinkle? If youve ever glanced skyward on a clear evening, youve probably noticed with some wonderment the sheer numbers of stars. Some are tiny, barely visible points. Others radiate strong white light. And from our earthly vantage poin

VOA常速英语2008年-Satellite Studies Saturn Moon, Finds Conditions

By Paul Sisco Washington 19 March 2008 The planet Saturn has long fascinated astronomers because of its distinctive rings and multiple moons. NASA's Cassini spacecraft visited one of Saturn's moons last week, collecting samples, data and pictures of

2006年VOA标准英语-Solar System Could Gain New Planets Under Defin

By David McAlary Was 16 August 2006 Artist's rendition of solar system There may soon be three new planets in our solar system. The expansion would be the result of a proposed new definition of what a planet is. The change is controversial, but if a

英语听力：自然百科 穿越银河系的旅行 Through Milky Way—30

We've transported the earth 3 billion years into the future. The sky is dominated by a massive galaxy called Andromeda. The view looks peaceful enough. But whats about to happen is one of the greatest calamities in the universe. The clues lie in thes

英语听力：自然百科 穿越银河系的旅行 Through Milky Way—28

The first stars in our Milky Way were fearsome high-octane stars, burning their hydrogen fuel at tremendous rates, rushing through their life cycle. They like the rockslides. They live fast and die young. They run out of their fuel very quickly and e

英语听力：自然百科 穿越银河系的旅行 Through Milky Way—21

Imagine the disc of our galaxy, if you just took a disc of stars and put it there, gravity would tend to make this disc collapse/ into itself and it would immediately just fall together. That is not what we see with the galaxy. Whats actually going o

英语听力：自然百科 穿越银河系的旅行 Through Milky Way—15

Each tag is whipping around the center of the galaxy, the particular, the most striking thing you will notice is the motion of SO2.So SO2 goes on an incredible roller-coaster ride. It comes whipping around and then back out. Something with tremendous

英语听力：自然百科 穿越银河系的旅行 Through Milky Way—16

The glowing region is the accretion disc, star debris falling inward, would turn round in the maelstrom heated by frictions to such high temperatures that it glows white hot. So at the center of our galaxy, we do have a black hole. We now know that t

英语听力：自然百科 穿越银河系的旅行 Through Milky Way—20

They were once thought to mark the outer limits, but today astronomers believe the Milky Way galaxy is much bigger than what we can see. To understand why, we will travel to the stars of the outer galactic disc. Far from our usual place in space, we

英语听力文摘 English Digest 434、人类听不见的声音

The Lowest Note in the Universe 宇宙中的最低音 It's coming from a black hole in the Perseus Cluster, about two hundred fifty million light years away. A black hole？And outer space？That makes sound? Whats happening out there is that interga

英语听力文摘 English Digest 361、小小灶神星

Vesta 灶神星 You can see the planet Jupiter on a clear night, but Jupiter is humongous. Mars and Mercury are smaller than that, and you can see them, too. Wait a minute, our moon is even smaller, and you can see that. Could anything smaller than t

英语听力文摘 English Digest 249、视差

Parallax 视差就是从有一定距离的两个点上观察同一个目标所产生的方向差异。从目标看两个点之间的夹角，叫做这两个点的视差，两点之间的距离称作基线。只要知道视差角度和基线长度，就