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 It's like trying to pick out an individual inside the middle of a busy city, with lights and cars, and things happening all around them. 

 
But that wasn't the only problem. Vast, swirling1 clouds of dust and gas prevent visible light from the centre of our galaxy2 from reaching us, making what lies beyond hidden from view. 
 
It's like putting a blanket over the thing you are trying to look at. It's putting a thick fog around that. So there is only certain wavelengths3 of light that can penetrate4 through that. 
 
Without the means to see through that dust, the black hole that theory suggests it should reside at the centre of our Milky5 Way would remain nothing more than a bold but unproven idea. 
 
With the quest to find the black hole seemingly blocked, there was nevertheless one glimmer6 of hope. Now at least astronomers7 had some sort of notion where one should be hiding. To tackle the problem, what would be needed was a new generation of telescopes and that would take a new generation of astronomers. 
 
We were just at the point where we had the technology to address that question. And so in some sense it was I had the right hammer and I was looking for the right nail. 
 
With her Los Angeles group, Andrea Ghez began work on a telescope that could see through to the hidden centre of our galaxy.

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1 swirling Ngazzr     
v.旋转，打旋( swirl的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。 来自辞典例句
2 galaxy OhoxB     
n.星系；银河系；一群(杰出或著名的人物)
参考例句：
  • The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
  • The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。
3 wavelengths 55c7c1db2849f4af018e7824d42c3ff2     
n.波长( wavelength的名词复数 )；具有相同的/不同的思路；合拍；不合拍
参考例句：
  • I find him difficult to talk to—we're on completely different wavelengths. 我没法和他谈话，因为我们俩完全不对路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Sunlight consists of different wavelengths of radiation. 阳光由几种不同波长的射线组成。 来自辞典例句
4 penetrate juSyv     
v.透(渗)入；刺入，刺穿；洞察，了解
参考例句：
  • Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
  • The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。
5 milky JD0xg     
adj.牛奶的，多奶的；乳白色的
参考例句：
  • Alexander always has milky coffee at lunchtime.亚历山大总是在午餐时喝掺奶的咖啡。
  • I like a hot milky drink at bedtime.我喜欢睡前喝杯热奶饮料。
6 glimmer 5gTxU     
v.发出闪烁的微光；n.微光，微弱的闪光
参考例句：
  • I looked at her and felt a glimmer of hope.我注视她，感到了一线希望。
  • A glimmer of amusement showed in her eyes.她的眼中露出一丝笑意。
7 astronomers 569155f16962e086bd7de77deceefcbd     
n.天文学者，天文学家( astronomer的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses. 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings. 天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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