Some have vanished from the face of the earth, others are dying slowly, but all have undergone changes as they have come into contact with an expanding machine civilization.

一些已经从地球表面消失了，其他的正在慢慢地死亡，但所有的都经历了变化，因为它们已经接触到一个不断扩张的机器文明。

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In 1987, trillions of neutrinos arrived at Earth 3 hours before the dying star's light caught up.

1987年，万亿个中微子在临终的恒星光赶到地球3小时以前就到达了地球。

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Although few have ever heard of Eta Carinae, if things go wrong-horribly wrong-it could be the final, gasping words spilling from the gnarled lips of the last dying humans on Earth.

虽然很少人曾听说过的船底座伊塔星，如果出了问题-可怕地错误的-它可能是地球上最后死亡人类出自粗糙嘴唇的最终、气喘的字。

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" Even the barren Moon is essential: "Without the Moon's steadying influence, the Earth would wobble like a dying top.... The Moon's steady gravitational influence keeps the Earth spinning at the right speed and angle to provide the sort of stability necessary for the long and successful development of life.

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" Even the barren Moon is essential: "Without the Moon's steadying influence, the Earth would wobble like a dying top ...

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When the enemy broke through and the combat was hand-to-hand, he carried on -- comforting the injured and the dying, offering some measure of peace as they left this Earth.

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