A moon probe has found millions of tons of water on the moon's North Pole, NASA reported Monday.
NASA在本周一报告说，一个月球探测器在月球北极新发现了数百万吨的固态水。
Lunar geologists and space entrepreneurs are becoming increasingly intrigued by the concept of lunar mining now that researchers have discovered an abundance of water on the moon.
月球地质学家和空间企业家对月球矿业的开发越来越感兴趣，因为研究人员在月球上发现了丰富的水资源。
The biggest revelation uncovered by researchers in recent years is the discovery of water on the moon, in ice and rocks, across huge craters and vast lunar plains.
近年来研究人员的最大发现就是月球上有水，这些水在冰和岩石中，分布于巨大的陨石坑和广阔的月球平原上。
Nasa has been so keen to find water on the Moon because it brings the dream of a permanent lunar base one step closer.
美国宇航局一直渴望能够在月球上发现水，因为这样，月球变成一个永久性基地的梦想又近了一步。
The discovery of water on the moon will bolster Nasa's long-term goal of establishing a permanently crewed outpost there.
月球上水的发现将有助于美国宇航局实现在月球上建立一个永久性载人空间站的长远目标。
Their study could support evidence that water persists in shadowed craters on the moon's surface - and that the water could be native to the moon and not carried there by comets.
这项研究有可能证明在遮蔽在阴影中的月球坑中还有水存在，即“月球上可能原本就有水存在”，否定了月球水来自彗星的说法。
We can finally begin to think seriously about establishing such a self-sufficient home on the Moon because last week, NASA announced that it had discovered large quantities of water there.
我们之所以能够开始联想——在月球上建立一个自给自足的家，这是因为上周美国航天局宣布在月球上发现了大量水。
The waves of damp and dry conditions suggest water is created on the moon every day, when hydrogen nuclei in the solar wind slam into oxygen-rich silicate minerals on the moon's surface.
潮湿和干燥条件的交替波动表明，月球上每天都在生成水——太阳风中的氢原子核与月球表面富含氧的硅酸盐矿物相撞而成。
The discovery of lunar water has raised questions as to whether other resources such as helium 2 and rare Earth elements could be found on the moon as well.
月球水的发现带来了更多疑问，是否还有例如氦2和地球上的稀土元素的资源在月球上被找到。
India put the Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft into lunar orbit in 2008, a mission with a NASA payload that helped confirm the presence of water on the moon.
印度于2008年将“月球飞船1号”太空飞行器送入了月球轨道，目标是用其搭载的NASA(美国国家航空和航天管理局)探测仪器确认月球上是否有水的存在。
lunar water has raised questions as to whether other resources such as helium 2 and rare Earth elements could be found on the moon as well.
月球水的发现带来了更多疑问，是否还有例如氦2和地球上的稀土元素的资源在月球上被找到。
Other analyses have also provided evidence that water exists on the moon, including most recently, the Indian satellite Chandrayaan.
其他一些分析也提供了月球存在水的证据，包括印度的“月球初航”卫星近期的发现。
Researchers have long argued over whether the moon contains water on its surface - frozen in shadowy craters, for instance.
研究者们长期以来都在争执月球表面是否有水——比如朦胧的环形山中冻结的水分。
Increasing evidence in recent months has supported the idea that there could be water on the moon, though it has been unclear how much and in exactly what form it exists.
近几个月里不断增多的证据支持“月球上可能存在水”的观点，虽然一直不清楚月球上水的数量以及水存在的的确切形式。
This NASA unmanned spacecraft launched Jan. 7, 1998 on a mission to orbit the moon in search of signs of water ice and other minerals in permanently shaded craters at the lunar poles.
这艘NASA无人驾驶飞船于1998年1月7日发射，使命是围绕月球飞行并在月球两极永远在阴影中的火山口里寻找水冰以及其它物质存在的迹象。
Now the mission appears to be back on track, and closer than ever to uncovering physical evidence of water on the moon.
现在，这项月球任务似乎回到了正轨，而且比以往任何时候都更接近揭示月球上存在水的实物证据的这一历史性时刻。
The collected data from around the world will help the LCROSS science team figure out whether the impacts revealed more water ice on the moon.
搜集自全世界的观测数据将帮助LCROSS科学小组分析出此次“双重撞击”是否找到了更多月球上存在冰状水的证据。
But the recent confirmation of water sources on the moon and Mars may hint at a future where ALICE and similar rocket propellants become highly practical.
但是，最近月球和火星有水源的确认可能暗示了ALICE和类似火箭燃料的未来，具相当高的可实践性。
The M3, an imaging spectrometer, was designed to search for water by detecting the electromagnetic radiation given off by different minerals on and just below the surface of the Moon.
月球矿物制图仪(M3)，即成像光谱仪，其设计目的是通过探测月球表面及表层以下各种矿物质释放出的电磁辐射寻找水源。
Having an abundance of water on the moon would make it easier to set up a base camp for astronauts by providing drinking water and an ingredient for rocket fuel.
月球上有丰富的水，可以使为太空人建立基地营比较容易，因可提供饮用水和火箭燃料的一种成分。
What makes the water on the moon different from water on Earth is that it contains the ingredients for water - hydrogen and oxygen - but is not yet water.
促使月球上的水与地球上的水不同的是月球含有水的成分- - - - - -氢和氧- - - - - -但是还不是水。
Scientists have long suspected that there was water on the Moon, but have struggled to prove it.
长期以来，科学家们一直怀疑月球上有谁存在，但难以证明。
Proof that the moon is dynamic and not a dry, desolate world offers hope for a possible future astronaut outpost where water on site could be used for drinking or making rocket fuel.
证明月球是有活力的不是一个干旱荒凉的世界，给予将来建设有饮用水和火箭燃料的航天员哨站很大希望。
Nasa's plans to establish a human outpost on the moon have received a surprise boost following the discovery of large amounts of water on its surface.
美国宇航局建立月球基地的计划在月球表面存在大量水的发现之后，获得意外惊喜的推动。
The earth is surrounded by water or largely surrounded by water beyond that we have the sphere of air then fire then the sphere of the moon, mercury, Venus, the sun and so on.
地球被水域所包围，或者是大部分被外围水域所包围，我们拥有大气层，火焰，月亮，水星，金星，太阳等等。
They had found, bound up in minerals, great quantities of water on the surface of the Moon.
他们发现了在月球表面有大量的水，以及矿物。
Or so it would appear. But some have clung to the hope that the waterless bit applies only to liquid water, and that there might be places on the moon which harbour ice.
但一些天文学家仍抱希望，没有水的说法或许只限于液体水，可能在月球的某些角落藏有冰。
But my pick for the top Long News story of this past year was this one, water found on the moon.
但是我选择的去年的“长远新闻”是这一个：月亮上找到了水。
But my pick for the top Long News story of this past year was this one, water found on the moon.
但是我选择的去年的“长远新闻”是这一个：月亮上找到了水。
应用推荐