诺奖得主：我们可以在30年内发现外星生命

诺奖得主：我们可以在30年内发现外星生命

Humanity will make contact with alien life far sooner than you might think, according to one prominent scientist.

根据一位著名科学家的说法，人类与外星生命的接触比你想象的要快得多。

Nobel Prize winner professor Didier Queloz says he’s convinced we’re not alone in the universe and that he believes we could find life on another planet within 30 years.

诺贝尔奖获得者Didier Queloz教授表示，他相信我们在宇宙中并不孤单，他相信我们可以在30年内在另一个星球上发现生命。

The Swiss astronomer, 53, works at the University of Cambridge and was one of three scientists to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics this week.

这位53岁的瑞士天文学家在剑桥大学工作，是本周被授予诺贝尔物理学奖的三位科学家之一。

Speaking in London on Tuesday, he said: “I can’t believe we are the only living entity in the universe. There are just way too many planets, way too many stars and the chemistry is universal.

周二在伦敦，他说:“我不敢相信我们是宇宙中唯一活着的实体。有太多的行星，太多的恒星，化学是普遍的。”

“The chemistry that led to life has to happen elsewhere.”

“产生生命的化学反应必然也发生在其他地方。”

Queloz added that he’s certain alien life will have been detected from Earth within the next century.

Queloz补充说，他确信下个世纪内将会在地球上发现外星生命。

However, he said it’s realistic that a machine capable of detecting biochemical activity on distant planets could be built within 30 years.

然而，他说，在30年内制造一台能够探测遥远星球上生物化学活动的机器，是很现实的。

Currently, scientists know of a number of so-called exoplanets — worlds outside of our solar system — that could harbor life, but don’t have the equipment to spot life.

目前，科学家们知道一些所谓的系外行星——太阳系以外的世界——可能藏有生命，但没有发现生命的设备。