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Seven thousand light years from home
距離地球7000光年
It's as though we're in a forest thick with trees.
似乎我們置身于樹木濃密的森林中
Each so beautiful, so fascinating, it's impossible to look beyond
每棵樹都那么美麗、迷人，不可能遙望外面
to see the bigger picture.
去看到全局
We have to find a way through
我們必須找到出路
to reach the clearing at the galaxy's edge
抵達星系邊緣的開闊地帶
But faced with sights like this, its hard to leave
但是面對這樣的美景，讓人流連忘返(天鷹星云)
A colossal glowing cloud topped by these great towers of dust
龐大的發光云團上面矗立著這些巨大的塵埃高塔
the Pillars of Creation
它們是創世之柱
Like a gateway into the unknown.
猶如進入未知世界的大門
A star factory packed with embryonic star systems
這是是一個布滿胚胎期恒星系統的工廠
each larger than our solar system.
每一個恒星系都像我們太陽系那么大
we have to resist its siren song, tear ourselves away
我們必須趕緊離開，否則會無法自拔
to carry on towards the edge of the galaxy
以便能繼續前進到星系的邊緣
Dazzled by the Milk Way's beauty, we've been blinded to its terrors
炫于銀河的美麗，我們無視它的危險
and strayed into a cosmic minefield
于是闖進了宇宙雷區
Like an explosion in slow motion.
好像是一場慢動作的爆炸場面
A massive star, millions of times brighter than our sun.
一顆巨大的恒星，亮度是我們太陽的數百萬倍
It's going into meltdown
它正在崩解
The fuel that sustains it is running out
維持它的燃料即將耗盡
the nuclear reactions that power it winding down
給它提供能量的核反應正在逐漸減少
We're watching its death throes
我們看到是它的垂死掙扎
An even bigger, dangerously unstable star
一個更大的，險象環生的不穩定恒星
But this one's about to explode
但是這個會爆炸
And when a star this big dies
像這樣一個巨大恒星死亡時
it's a hundred times more violent than a supernova.
爆炸比超新星劇烈一百倍
We've stumbled into the most violent star death of all
無意中我們撞見了最劇烈的恒星之死
a hypernova.
超超新星
The core's collapsed, it's becoming a black hole.
它的核心坍塌了，正在變成一個黑洞
