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Deadly hypernovas, frozen comets
致命的超超新星，冰凍的彗星
scorched planets, white dwarves, red giants
燒焦的行星，白矮星，紅巨星
Tiny drops in a vast pool of white light
巨大銀河水池里的小水滴
our home galaxy, the Milky Way
我們的星系，銀河
We wanted to know where we fit in
我們想知道我們的位置
Here's our answer.
下面就是答案
Civilizations, past and present
古往今來的文明
Everyone that's ever lived
每一個古人今人
The smallest bug, the highest mountain
最小的甲蟲，最高的山脈
all of it invisible, not even a tiny speck.
全都看不見，甚至算不是一個小斑點
Our home is a minor planet orbiting an insignificant star.
我們的小地球正在繞著一個毫不起眼的恒星的旋轉
It is disappeared right now, who would even notice?
如果它馬上消失，也沒人會注意
And yet, so far, we've found nowhere else we would rather live
但到目前為止我們還沒有找到其他我們愿意居住的地方
nowhere we could live
也沒有能夠居住的地方
It's only now, far from home
只有現在遠離故鄉
that we're beginning to truly appreciate it.
我們才真正開始珍視它
Look at all these stars, hundreds of thousands of them
看看這些恒星，數十萬顆恒星
Surely one of them, more than one, must be capable of supporting life.
其中一顆，應該不只一顆，一定能夠支持生命
Maybe here in this swarm of stars, the Great Cluster
也許在這一群恒星組成的大星團里就有
Back in the 1970's, astronomers sent a message in this direction
1970年代，天文學家向這個方向發出了信息
detailing the structure of our DNA and our solar system's location
詳細描述了人類DNA結構和我們太陽系的位置
But the message won't arrive here for another 25,000 years.
至少還要25000年，這些信息才能到達這里
We haven't found alien life yet
我們仍然沒有發現外星生命
But neither have we found any reason to believe
但同樣也沒有任何理由去相信宇宙中
it isn't out there somewhere.
沒有外星生命
There's an equation devised
有一個方程式
to estimate the number of other advanced civilizations
是設計用來估算其他發達文明的數量
The result is startling.
計算的結果令人震驚
There could be millions of civilizations just in our own galaxy.
僅在我們銀河系可能就有數百萬個文明
