Like his peers, geophysicist Steven Jacobsen from Northwestern University believed that water on Earth originated from comets. 美国西北大学地球物理学家史蒂文雅各布森曾认为,地球上的水源于彗星。
Comets are huge balls made of ice, dust and rocks. 彗星是一个个巨大的球体,由冰、灰尘以及岩石组成的。
In addition to being a cosmic tease, ISON was one of the most tracked comets in history. 除了是个天体淘气鬼,伊森还成为了有史以来追踪者最多的彗星之一。
Because the chemical signatures of the comets did not match the oceans. 因为这些彗星的化学成分比例和海水并不相似。
In recent scientific investigation of comets has increased because of a growing interest in the origin of the sun and planets. 近年来,由于对太阳和行星的起源兴趣浓厚,人们对彗星进行了更广泛的科学调查。
One possibility is that comets slamming into the Earth early on seeded it with water. 一种可能性是,彗星在早期撞到了地球,给它带来了水。
Both ice and organic materials, which are similar to tar or coal, were believed to have been delivered millions of years ago by comets and asteroids crashing into the planet. 冰和有机物质,类似于柏油和煤炭,被认为是百万年前由彗星和小行星与水星碰撞时产生的。
What role did comets play in this evolution? 彗星在这种进化中起到了什么作用?
We need to study more comets. 我们需要研究更多的首星。
The many impact craters that have and Earth reveal our solar system can be like a shooting gallery, with asteroids and comets regularly striking planets and their companions. 众多撞击留下的深坑让我们的地球和月球表面坑坑洼洼,他们在向我们揭示,太阳系可能是个射击场,小星星和彗星像横飞的子弹一样不断地撞击着行星和他们的卫星。
As we already know, our solar system contains nine planets and many comets and other objects. 我们知道太阳系是由9大行星和许许多多的小行星、星组成的一个天体系统。
Loose collections of these ices and small rocky particles form into comets. 这些冰和小岩体松散地组合形成彗星。
Scientists want to study comets because they may be the oldest objects in our solar system. 科学家之所以要研究彗星,是因为它们可能是太阳系中最古老的星球。
They were stars, I knew, and flaring comets, that peopled my flight among the suns. 我知道是这些星辰和闪烁的慧星遍布在我飞行恒星之间的航程中。
Comets do the same thing when the comet encounters the solar wind. 当彗星遇到太阳风时和电灯发光几乎完全一样。
Billions of asteroids and comets are whirling around the sun, and they have their own distinct traffic patterns. 几十亿颗小行星和彗星在围绕着太阳旋转,它们有着自己独特的穿行模式。
Mini-planets called asteroids, and comets. 和叫作小行星的小型行星,以及彗星。
We were tired with the Comets for the championship. 在争夺冠军上,我们和慧星队积分相同。
Many scientists believe that Lunar craters were formed by the collision of meteors and comets against the moon. 许多科学家相信,月球坑穴是流星和彗星碰撞月球所造成的。
With the space telescope astronomers are able to study other space objects, in stars, comets, planets and other galaxies. 有了太空望远镜,天文学家就能对诸如恒星、彗星、行星和其他星系等宇宙天体进行研究。
Most astronomers agree that comets are primordial remnants from the formation of the solar system. 大多数天文学家认为彗星是从太阳系形成中最初的遗留物。
Did life on the earth originate from molecules deposited by meteorites or comets? 地球上的生命源自陨石或彗星带来的分子吗?
Astronomy deals with planets and their satellites, with comets and meteors, with the sun, the stars and clusters of stars, with the interstellar gas and dust, with the system of the Milky way and the other galaxies beyond the Milky way. 天文学研究行星及其它卫星,研究彗星和流星,研究太阳、恒星和星团,研究星际气体和尘埃,还研究银河系和其他河外星系。
Comets are probably the most numerous astronomical bodies in the solar system aside from small meteor fragments and the asteroids. 在太阳系中,除流星小碎块和小行星之外,彗星也许可以说是数量最多的天体了。
Stardust kids and parents page: the Stardust mission website has many wonderful activities about comets and the mission. 孩子和父母页:星尘任务的网页有许多关于彗星和此次任务的奇妙活动。
Comets are just as much members of the sun's family as ( are) the other planets. 彗星和其他的行星同样是太阳家族的成员。
Comets move around the sun like planets, but in long oval course. 彗星象行星一样绕太阳运转,然而其轨道呈狭长的椭圆形。
The stargazers also observed comets with sparkling tails, and meteors or shooting stars apparently falling from the sky. 古代的天文学家也观察那些拖着闪亮尾巴的彗星和从天而降的流星或陨落星体。
We think meteors that crashed into the moon or tailers of passing comets may have introduced water molecules. 我们认为撞击月球的流星或者掠过的彗星尾巴也许把水分子带到了月球。