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On Tuesday, NASA's Kepler mission reportedly verified over 1,284 new planets, which is the single largest finding of planets to date.
据报道，国家航空航天局开普勒太空望远镜发现系外行星，数量超1284个，这也是迄今为止单一发现次数最多的一次u!p!XP-LD4!j%^5Hn。
Ellen Stofan, chief scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington, said in a statement,
宇航局华盛顿总部首席科学家艾伦·斯多芬在声明中指出，
"This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler.

这使得开普勒证实的行星数量增加了一倍以上Er]2AKmHp@64a_]gdaTc。
This gives us hope that somewhere out there, around a star much like ours, we can eventually discover another Earth.”
在外太空中，我们有希望找到与地球类似行星I_F&JS)2A!2Xy8MW。
Analysis for the report was performed on the Kepler space telescope’s July 2015 planet candidate catalog, which identified 4,302 potential planets.
2015年7月，开普勒发现了4302颗潜在行星目录，科学家对该报告进行了分析iQ(xVTRi]N=mV。

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1.to date 迄今为止

例句：To date, all patients under investigation have received treatment with this drug.
到目前为止，接受调查的所有病人都使用这种药物进行治疗jY4@YuJL%N7yvge#g。

2.space telescope 太空望远镜

例句：The space telescope has taken the clearest pictures ever of Pluto.
太空望远镜拍摄到了迄今为止最清晰的冥王星的照片BL4;lLo!%)。

3.the number of 数目

例句：The number of tourists is tailing off.
游客的人数正在减少fs(GbJZC1!ur。

4.chief scientist 首席科学家

例句：You forget I'm the chief scientist.
你忘了我是首席科学家v_vcWDa^-u5J。