大西洋深处隐藏着一座“失落之城”热液区，与其他深海热液系统不同。它不靠火山热驱动，而是依赖海水与地幔岩的化学反应，还存在独特微生物生态。了解这一区域，能为地外生命探索提供参考。

As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn’t left.

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A study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society has recreated in the laboratory chemical reactions that may ...

In 2012, a US research team succeeded in propping up a 4.35-ton replica of a moai statue and making it “walk.” The technique, ...

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The discovery that molecules of methane and ethane can worm their way into the crystal lattice of frozen hydrogen cyanide has ...

A US team has found that organic material can be detected in ice beneath the Martian surface even after a very long time.

Beneath miles of pressure and darkness, NASA is exploring deep-sea environments that mimic the frozen oceans of moons like ...

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