76 years after Pluto's discovery and after 17 years of research and development, Nasa's new Horizon Spacecraft sets out for Pluto. Travelling at around a million miles a day, it's on a 9-year, 700-million-dollar journey to reach Pluto and review its

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我们今天学的词是:planet。Planet是行星。不过你听说了吗,太阳系中排行第九的行星冥王星Pluto被降级了。Astronomers' reclassification strips ninth planet of status in solar system. 国际天文学会对行星重新定

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Remembering 2001: A Space Odyssey 50 Years Later It was 50 years ago that the science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey opened in theaters across the United States. The film, directed by Stanley Kubrick, was based on a book by Arthur C. Clarke. The

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Angela Merkel was born in Hamburg in 1954. She became Germanys first female Chancellor and the first from communist East Germany in 2005. Forbes magazine listed her as the most powerful woman in the world in 2006 and 2007. Western media often dub her

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Sorghum farmers in eastern Uganda, working with scientists, have tested some lower-cost ways to improve their soil. Little rain and poor soil fertility are problems in that area, as in other parts

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我们今天学的词是:planet。Planet是行星。不过你听说了吗,太阳系中排行第九的行星冥王星Pluto被降级了。Astronomers' reclassification strips ninth planet of status in solar system. 国际天文学会对行星重新定

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