Life on Mars

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the naked eye
(seen) without using instruments.
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Gołym okiem
arid
dry
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jałowy/ wysuszony, bez deszczu
tantalising
something you want that's almost, but not quite, within reach
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nęcący, kuszący
extremphiles
things that live in very extreme environments and can survive conditions that would kill most other living things
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organizm żyjący w ekstremalnych warunkach
Bizarre
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Dziwaczny
outer space
meteorite is a piece of rock from outer space
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kosmos
backyard
Mars may be our closest neighbour, but it's hardly in our backyard, is it?
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podwórko
spacecraft
Neil – it's visible to the naked eye – meaning without using instruments – and it's reachable by spacecraft.
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statek kosmiczny
arid
It's also very arid – or dry
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jałowy
periodically
We are now seeing that in fact Mars probably does have water – not liquid water – that there is ice just below the surface and there's even just recently tantalizing evidence that perhaps water does flow periodically
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cyklicznie
tantalizing evidence
there's even just recently tantalizing evidence that perhaps water does flow periodically
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kuszące dowody
tough
Earth we're finding that life in very primitive form exists in the most extreme environments, these are the so called 'extremophiles' that exist at the bottom of the oceans... So life is much, much tougher.
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trudny, wymagający
harsh
The other interesting point the professor makes is that life may exist in the very harsh Martian environment – because primitive life exists in extreme places on Earth.
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surowy
Martian
The other interesting point the professor makes is that life may exist in the very harsh Martian environment – because primitive life exists in extreme places on Earth.
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marsjański
collision
It’s possible that a massive collision with an asteroid might have heated up Mars's core, disrupting the magnetic fields.
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kolizja, zderzenie
lump
o life on Mars may have evolved – or developed – on its own. Or it might have arrived from Earth in a lump of rock
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guz/ bryła, gruda

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