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Because space is a vacuum, it is impossible to smell anything directly out there. Nevertheless, astronauts returning from spacewalksunanimously report that their suits give off a peculiar smell.
According to theiraccounts, the smell resembles burning metal, gunpowder, or seared meat. Scientists suspect that this mysterious odourmay be caused by high-energy particlesemitted by distant dying stars. In other words, the smell we notice is, in fact, a trace of stars that vanished billions of years ago.
Vocabulary from this story
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vacuum
vakuum, boʻshliq
Nevertheless
shunga qaramay
spacewalks
ochiq kosmosga chiqish
unanimously
bir ovozdan
peculiar
oʻziga xos, gʻalati
accounts
aytishlaricha, guvohliklari
resembles
oʻxshaydi
gunpowder
porox
seared
qovurilgan
suspect
taxmin qiladi
odour
hid
particles
zarralar
emitted
chiqarilgan, taratilgan
trace
iz, asorat
vanished
yoʻqolib ketgan
Grammar from this story
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according to + noun
...ga koʻra, ...ning aytishicha (manbaga tayanish).
According to the astronauts, the smell is strong.
According to the report, sales rose.
may be + past participle (modal passive)
...langan / ... boʻlishi mumkin (ehtimollik + majhul nisbat).
The smell may be caused by dying stars.
The problem may be solved soon.
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1. Why is it impossible to smell space directly?
Koinot vakuum (boʻshliq) boʻlgani uchun u yerda hidni bevosita hidlab boʻlmaydi.
2. What does the smell on the astronauts' suits resemble?
Astronavtlarning aytishicha, hid yonayotgan metall, porox yoki qovurilgan goʻshtga oʻxshaydi.
3. What do scientists suspect causes the smell?
Olimlar hidni uzoqdagi oʻlayotgan yulduzlar taratayotgan yuqori energiyali zarralar keltirib chiqargan boʻlishi mumkin deb taxmin qiladi.
