Astrophysicists John Matese and Daniel Whitmire analyzed comets passing through the inner solar system, discovering many of them had strange orbits. 天体物理学家约翰•马特斯和丹尼尔•惠特米尔分析了太阳系内部的彗星运转,发现许多彗星的运行轨道都非常奇特。
Now astrophysicists have put a best-guess upper limit on the mass of the neutrino. 现在,天天物理学家对中微子的质量上限作出了一个最佳测定。
Even astrophysicists apply some limit on their search. 天文学家也在其寻找中设定上限。
Moreover, these fascinating objects are of interest not only to astrophysicists but also to nuclear and particle physicists. 还有,不仅是天体物理学,还有核物理、粒子物理学也对这些迷人的物体很感兴趣。
ASTROPHYSICISTS have unveiled the first atlas of "dark matter", the strange substance that is believed to comprise most of the cosmos and presents one of the greatest puzzles in space science today. 天体物理学家们首次绘制出了“暗物质”的三维立体图,这种神秘的物质占据了宇宙的大部分质量。一直以来,它是科学界最大的谜团之一。
Astrophysicists working with ground based detectors at the South Pole and balloon borne instruments are closing in on such structures, and may report their findings soon. 天体物理学家使用南极陆基探测器及球载仪器,正越来越近地观测这些云系,也许不久会报告他们的观测结果。
Astrophysicists do not know what causes these variability patterns or the oscillation frequencies. 天文物理学家并不知道是什麽引起变化图样或振荡频率。
Axions could help astrophysicists to make more accurate measurements of the temperature of the sun's core, for instance. 比如,赫德森或许能够帮助天体物理学家们更加精确地测量出太阳核心的温度。
By cutting the Gordian knot in this way, astrophysicists have been able to build theoretical models of accretion disks to compare with observations of actual disks. 用这方法简化难题,天文物理学家就能够建立吸积盘的理论模型,以便与实际圆盘的观测比较。
Working out how it will end is the challenge of astrophysicists around the world. They're pointing high-tech equipment out toward the heavens to unlock the secret of our fate. 研究宇宙如何结束是全世界天文物理学家的挑战,他们把高科技装备瞄准天外,以求解开我们命运的秘密。
Even with the odds of detecting dark matter not in their favor, astrophysicists maintain an unwavering optimism. 对于天体物理学家们来说,尽管发现暗物质的可能性并不大,但他们一贯保持着乐观的态度。
After developing for more than a half century, the researches on the solar force-free magnetic fields have kept being active and productive due to the constant efforts of astrophysicists and applied mathematicians, resulting in an astonishing and abundant outcome of mathematics and physics. 半个多世纪以来,经过许多天体物理学家和应用数学家的共同努力,使得有关太阳无力磁场的研究一直长盛不衰、结出硕果无数,其数学和物理内容之丰富多彩委实令人惊叹。