Scientists had expected the Suns interactions with chemicals in the atmosphere to produce a coating of acetylene on Titans surface. But Cassini detected no acetylene on the surface.
The absence of detectable acetylene on the Titans surface can very well have a non-biological explanation,said Mark Allen,a principal investigator7 of the NASA Titan team.
Scientific conservatism suggests that a biological explanation should be the last choice after all non-biological explanations are addressed,Allen said. We have a lot of work to do to rule out8 possible non-biological explanations. It is more likely that a chemical process,without biology,can explain these results.
词汇:
Saturn /s?t?n/ n.土星 methane/mi:ein/ n.甲烷,沼气
Titan/tait?n/ n.土卫六 acetylene/?setili:n/ n.乙炔
alien/eilj?n/ n.外星人;adj.外星球的;相异的
conservatism/k?ns?:v?tiz?m/ n.保守主义,守旧
注释:
1.hints of alien life:外星生命迹象。
2.the Saturns moon:指土卫六(Titan) 。土卫六又称泰坦星,是土星卫星中最大的一颗。
3.NASA:美国国家航空航天局的缩写,全称是: National Aeronautics and Space
Administration。
4.spacecraft Cassini:卡西尼号探测器,以出生于意大利的法国天文学家卡西尼的名字命名,其任务是环绕土星飞行,对土星及其大气、光环、卫星和磁场进行深人考察。1997 年10 月15日,重六吨的卡西尼号星际探测器被发射飞往土星的轨道。这是上世纪发射的最后一艘行星际探测的大飞船。卡西尼号用了将近七年时间,在2004 年7月1日飞达土星轨道。
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