從天而降的秘密
Rain is not unique to our planet, but a new study has shown that even the raindrops on alien planets and moons behave similarly to those on Earth, regardless of the hugely different environments.
雨水不是地球特有的現象，不過一項新的研究顯示，僅管外行星與月球的環境跟地球截然不同，但這些地方的雨水卻大同小異。
unique(adj.)獨特的;特有的alien(adj.)異域的;外國的;外星的(n.)外星人Alien Resident Certificate=外國人居留證behave(v.)行事;表現similarly(adv.)類似地;相似地The countries will be similarly affected due to the high tariffs.regardless of...=無論如何;不管...Sexual harassment can happen to anyone regardless of gender.
Within our solar system, there are several places we can find rainfall.
在我們的太陽系中可以在其他行星上看到降雨現象。
rainfall(n.)降雨(量)Low rainfall may lead to drought.
It rains sulfuric acid on Venus and helium and diamonds on Jupiter and Saturn.
金星會下硫酸雨，木星與土星會下氦雨及鑽石雨。
sulfuric acid=硫酸;(英)sulphuric acid
Some planets outside our solar system may even rain iron or molten rock.
太陽系以外的一些行星甚至可能下鐵雨或熔岩雨。
molten rock=熔岩
Kaitlyn Loftus and Robin Wordsworth, two Harvard University scientists, found that despite how different a planet is from Earth or what its rain is made of, the raindrops’ maximum size does not differ very much from those on Earth.
哈佛科學家洛夫特斯與沃茲沃斯發現，僅管某些行星與地球有著天壤之別，而雨水的成分也大有不同，但是雨滴最大的體積跟地球的雨滴相差無幾。
despite=in spite of=儘管;雖然be made of=由~組成;製成maximum(adj.)最大的;最高的minimum(adj.)最小的;最少的;最低限度的We offer a funded internship for a maximum period of 6 months.differ(v.)有區別;跟~不一樣His views on this issue differ from others’.
The size of raindrops appears to depend on the planet or moon’s gravitational pull: the stronger the gravity, the smaller the raindrops.
雨滴的體積似乎取決於行星或月球的地心引力：引力越強，雨滴越小。
appear to=似乎;彷彿gravity(n.)地心引力gravitational(adj.)引力相關的
One surprisingly consistent similarity is the shape of the raindrops.
令人意外的相似處是雨滴的形狀出奇地類似，
consistent(adj.)一致的;吻合的What the witness said is not consistent with the evidence.similarity(n.)相似處
Raindrops start out as spheres and flatten out as they fall through the air, resulting in a hamburger bun shape.
雨滴一開始為球狀，在穿透大氣層時變平，最終呈現一個漢堡包的形狀。
sphere(n.)球狀物flatten out=扁平化;壓平flat(adj.)扁平的;平坦的The price of rice is flattening out.result in=結果是