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Topic : Astronomy
Title : New Stars Discovered in the Sky
Genre : eport!News
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Background:
Scientists have discovered there are three times more stars in the sky than they had
thought. New research in the "Nature" journal says this could mean there are people living on
another planet like the earth. Pallab Ghosh reports:
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(1). Transcript:
ords in the News !rom "bbclearningenglish.com#
Astronomers have ass"med that the composition o' all $ala-ies is the same as o"r own. ."t
"sin$ a new/ more powerful instrument on the 0eck telescope in Hawaii/ researchers
have discovered that older galaxies contain twenty times more small dim stars/
called 1red dwarves2/ than yo"n$er $ala-ies s"ch as o"r own. Doctor )arek 0"k"la o'
the oyal Greenwich 3#servatory descri#es what the view 'rom a planet in an
older $ala-y mi$ht #e like.
45hen one o' these $ala-ies that we now know contain lots and lots o' small red stars/ it
may well #e tr"e that the ni$ht sky is dotted with these small/ 'aint red stars glowing like
embers and that mi$ht prod"ce a very pretty e''ect.4
Accordin$ to *ro'essor *ieter van Dokk"m o' 6ale 7niversity/ the discovery also
increases the estimate o' the n"m#er o' planets in the "niverse/ and there'ore makes it
even more likely that there8s li'e somewhere else in the cosmos.
4There8s #een partic"lar attention recently to these red dwar' stars. In one $ala-y
there8s a#o"t a trillion o' these stars and there8s h"ndreds o' #illions o' these
$ala-ies. Even i' the planet is 9"ite close to the star/ yo" co"ld have li9"id water
on the planet/ #eca"se the star is not as #ri$ht as the s"n and so a planet can #e a
lot closer and still #e kind o' balmy/ rather than scorching hot.4
The discovery that there are many more stars means that o"r universe is a m"ch
#ri$hter/ more crowded place than we previo"sly tho"$ht.
*alla# Ghosh/ ..: News
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A(>+A have ass"med that the composition o' all $ala-ies is the same as o"r own. ."t "sin$ a
new/ more power'"l instr"ment on the 0eck telescope in Hawaii/ researchers have
discovered that older $ala-ies contain twenty times more small dim stars/ called
1red dwarves2/ than yo"n$er A(<+A s"ch as o"r own. Doctor )arek 0"k"la o' the oyal
Greenwich 3#servatory descri#es what the view 'rom a A(B+A in an older $ala-y
mi$ht #e like.
45hen one o' these $ala-ies that we now know A(C+A lots and lots o' small red stars/ it
may well #e tr"e that the ni$ht sky is dotted with these small/ 'aint A(D+A $lowin$ like
em#ers and that mi$ht prod"ce a very pretty e''ect.4
A(E+A *ro'essor *ieter van Dokk"m o' 6ale 7niversity/ the discovery also increases
the estimate o' the n"m#er o' planets in the A(F+A/ and there'ore makes it even more
likely that there8s li'e somewhere else in the cosmos.
4There8s #een partic"lar attention A(G+A to these red dwar' stars. In one $ala-y
there8s a#o"t a trillion o' these stars and there8s h"ndreds o' #illions o' these
$ala-ies. Even i' the planet is 9"ite close to the star/ yo" co"ld have li9"id water
on the planet/ A(H+A is not as #ri$ht as the s"n and so a planet can #e a lot closer
and still #e kind o' #almy/ rather than scorchin$ hot.4
The discovery that A(>=+A stars means that o"r "niverse is a m"ch #ri$hter/ more
crowded place than we previo"sly tho"$ht.
*alla# Ghosh/ ..: News
(#). $ocabulary and %efinitions:
astronomers : people who st"dy the stars and o"ter space
composition : what somethin$ is made o'
powerful instrument : a very e''ective piece o' e9"ipment that is attached to the telescope
galaxies : $ro"ps o' millions or #illions o' stars in space
dotted with : scattered with
glowing like embers : the stars $ive o'' li$ht so that they look like lit wood or coal a'ter the 'ire
has died down
the cosmos : space/ where planets and stars other than earth are 'o"nd
balmy : pleasantly mild weather
scorching hot : hot eno"$h to #"rn di''erent 'orms o' li'e
universe : space/ and all the planets and stars in it/ incl"din$ earth
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