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We must go back through time to the very first chapter
我們必須讓時(shí)間倒流回到第一章
to learn how the universe began.
講一件關(guān)于宇宙起源的故事
The scattered remains of dead star
散布著死去恒星的殘骸
the Crab Nebula
蟹狀星云(隸屬金牛座)
Six thousand light years from home, deep inside a stellar graveyard
我們距離地球6000光年，深入到一座星際墳?zāi)?/p>
We've learnt so much
我們已經(jīng)學(xué)到了很多
seen things we'd never have believed possible
看到一些本來(lái)不可思議的事情
Now, sights like this, wonders once beyond imagination
像這樣的情景以前是無(wú)法想像的
we take in our stride
現(xiàn)在卻是司空見(jiàn)慣了
We're ready to face whatever lies ahead
我們準(zhǔn)備好了面對(duì)前方的一切
Determined to reach the edge of the universe
決心抵達(dá)宇宙的邊緣
This is the calm after the storm, after an massive explosion
現(xiàn)在風(fēng)暴過(guò)后的平靜，大爆炸后的平靜
a supernova that turned a star into dust and gas
超新星把一顆恒星變成一團(tuán)塵埃和氣體
The eye of the storm.
暴風(fēng)眼
A spinning pulsating star, a pulsar.
是一顆旋轉(zhuǎn)脈沖的恒星，脈沖星
The gravity has squeezed the giant star's core down to this
重力把巨大恒星的核心擠壓成這么小
It's just 12 miles across, unimaginably dense
它的直徑只有12英里，密度之高無(wú)法想像
One pinhead of this would weigh hundreds
一個(gè)針頭大小的物質(zhì)可能就有幾百?lài)?/div>
maybe millions of tons.
甚至幾百萬(wàn)噸重
And as it shrank , like a figure skater spinning on the spot
當(dāng)它收縮時(shí)，就像花樣滑冰運(yùn)動(dòng)員在原地旋轉(zhuǎn)一樣
arms outstretched , then pulling them in
展開(kāi)雙臂然后收縮回來(lái)
it began to spin faster.
它開(kāi)始越轉(zhuǎn)越快
Two beams of light, energy, radiation, spinning 30 times a second
兩道光、能量和輻射束每秒鐘旋轉(zhuǎn)30次
Powering the huge cloud of dust and gas
推動(dòng)著龐大的塵埃和云團(tuán)
There's so much radiation here, more even than on the Sun.
這里的輻射非常多，甚至比太陽(yáng)的輻射還多
That was easily the deadliest thing we've encountered so far
這是我們到目前為止遭遇到的最致命的東西
Once, it would have terrified us
若在以前，它必定會(huì)讓我們驚恐萬(wàn)狀
But now we realize that without the dangers
但是現(xiàn)在我們知道，沒(méi)有危險(xiǎn)
there'd be no wonders
就不會(huì)有奇跡
Without the nightmares, there'd be no dreams
沒(méi)有夢(mèng)魘，就沒(méi)有夢(mèng)想
