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Silicon, perhaps.
或許是硅
Silicon has slightly different properties,
硅的特性與碳有稍許的不同
but it could do the same job.
但卻可以起到相同的作用
With the right ingredients,
由于成分的恰當(dāng)組合
ultra-low-temperature life might be possible.
極端低溫生物便成了可能
If so, I think energy would be scarce,
果真如此，那么將極其缺乏能量
so things around here would move very slowly.
所以這里的生物將會移動的非常緩慢
Other possibilities are even stranger.
其他的可能性就更加怪異了
The astronomers searching for far-off planets have discovered
天文學(xué)家們對遙遠(yuǎn)行星的探索已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)
that many seem to be giant gas plantets.
許多行星似乎都是巨大的氣體行星
Like our own Jupiter and Saturn.
就像我們的木星和土星
Perhaps there are aliens made of gas.
或許是會有由氣體形成的外星人的
Aliens living here would need to consume something.
這里生活的外星人需要消耗一些物質(zhì)
I imagine they could use
我猜想它們能夠利用
the power of lightning storms that constantly rage on planets like these.
時常在這些行星上爆發(fā)的閃電風(fēng)暴的能量
If such extreme life-forms are possible,
如果這種極端的生命形式是可能的
then life elsewhere in the universe
那么存在于宇宙其他地方的生命
could be very common, indeed.
將會是非常普遍的
There are certainly many more planets that fall outside
處于恒星的"金發(fā)姑娘"區(qū)域之外的行星
the "goldilocks" regions of stars than fall inside them.
當(dāng)然要比處于其內(nèi)的行星多很多
It suddenly seems like
突然間你會發(fā)現(xiàn)
there could be life nearly everywhere you look.
似乎你所看到的所有地方都有生命的存在
But, ultimately,
但是，從根本上講
I think it doesn't really matter what aliens are made of.
我認(rèn)為外星人由什么構(gòu)成并不重要
To me, it's what they can do that counts.
對我來說，它們能做些什么才是重要的
Are they thinking about the cosmos, too,
它們也會研究宇宙嗎
trying to unlock its secrets just as we are?
也會像我們一樣去探索宇宙的秘密嗎
In short, has alien life evolved as we have
總而言之，外星生物是否同我們一樣
and developed intelligence?
已進(jìn)化成了智能生物
