The deadliest, most powerful thing in the universe.
宇宙中最致命、最強大的東西
A quasar.
類星體
A swirling cauldron of superheated gas
一團翻騰的超熱氣體
This beast has a heart of darkness, a super-massive black hole
這頭巨獸的黑暗之心是一顆超級質量的黑洞
as heavy as a billion suns.
和十億顆太陽一樣重
It's ripping apart whole stars
它正在撕裂所有的恒星
devouring them until they're nothing
吞噬著他們直到什么也不剩
lost forever from the visible universe
在可見的宇宙中永遠消失
We think, we hope, we pray
我們思考,我們希望,我們祈禱
we've seen the worst the universe can throw at us.
我們已經看到了宇宙中最駭人的威脅
But no one can know what lies ahead
但是沒有知道前方有什么
We'll need to go further, go faster
我們必須走得更遠,走的更快
Eight billion light years from home.
距離地球80億光年
More galaxies, but these look different
更多的星系,但是這些看起來有些不同
Ragged, small, close together
形狀不整、小而且相距不遠
We're so far back in time
我們回溯時間太長了
we're seeing these galaxies as they were before the Earth was born
這些星系還是在地球誕生之前的形態
They're still young, still growing.
它們還年輕,仍在成長
We're getting close to where and how it all began
我們正在接近宇宙形成的起點
Look at the galaxies now.
你看這些星系
They're more like primitive plankton floating in a vast dark ocean
它們就像是漂浮在遼闊黑暗海洋中的原始浮游生物
Clouds of dust and gas..
塵埃和氣體的云團
dancing , twirling, merging to make embryonic galaxies.
舞動著,旋轉著,聚集成胚胎時期的星系