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We're 5 million, million, that's 5 trillion miles from home.
我們離地球5萬億英里，也就是5兆英里
But this is still only a baby step.
但這還只是一小步
Ahead, trillions of miles, billions of stars.
前面還有好幾兆英里，數十億顆恒星
Time to stop looking back and start looking ahead
我們該停止向后看而要向前看
to step out into the big, wide universe
踏進巨大無垠的宇宙
Interstellar space.
星際空間
Billions of stars like our own Sun
數十億顆像我們太陽一樣的恒星
many with planets, many of those with moons.
很多有行星，很多行星有衛星
It's hard to know which way to go
不知道該選擇哪條路了
There are infinite possibilities.
存在著無限的可能性
We're going to need a serious burst of acceleration.
我們需要強大的加速度
Twenty-five trillion miles from home.
距離地球25兆英里
A 150,000-year ride in the space shuttle.
乘坐太空飛船要飛15萬年
And we're only just reached the first solar system beyond
然而我們只是抵達了距離我們最近的其他太陽系
Alpha Centauri
半人馬座α星
Not one but three stars.
不是一顆，而是三顆恒星
Spinning around each other locked in a celestial standoff
它們互相圍繞公轉，形成一場宇宙對決
Each star's gravity attracting the other
每顆恒星都吸引的另一顆
their blazing orbital speed keeping them apart.
他們極快的軌道速度使它們能夠保持距離
Get between them and we'd be vaporized
進入它們之間，我們會在
trillions of miles from home.
距離地球幾兆英里的地方被蒸發
So far that miles are becoming meaningless.
這么遠的距離，英里已經變得無用了
Out here, we measure in light years.
我們在這里得使用光年計算
Light travels 6 trillion miles a year
光一年可以飛行6兆英里
so we are overfour light-years from home.
我們已經離開地球4光年
Distances so vast they're mind-boggling
遠到我們幾乎無法理解的距離
Who knows what strange forces lie ahead
誰知道前方會是什么樣的奇異世界
what we'll discover when--
如果我們抵達了宇宙邊緣，
If we reach the edge of the universe
我們會發現什么呢？
