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For the first time, scientists see that each pillar is dotted with small clumps of gas.
有史來第一次，科學家們知道了這些巨柱每一個都是由許多小氣團拼湊而成。
Could such clumps be a missing link in the birth of stars?
這些氣團會是我們尋找的恒星誕生的缺失環節嗎？
Hester calls the clumps, Evaporating Gaseous Globules.
海斯特將這些氣團稱作蒸發性氣體團狀物，
EGGs, for short.
簡稱EGGs。
The image reveals that forming inside some of the EGGs are embryonic stars.
圖象顯示一些EGGs的內部形成的是胚胎階段的恒星。
What we are looking at is a snapshot of a very dynamic process.
我們看到的是天體正在形成階段的圖片，
A snapshot of something that's changing.
是正在經歷變化的天體的圖片。
As part of that change, you know, a next generation of stars is emerging.
做為變化的一部分，就是下一代的恒星正在形成。
This one for example, you can see the little red dot in there which actually is the star.
舉個例子，你看到的那個小紅點實際上是個恒星。
And that one is an especially nice one, where the star at the tip of the EGG is actually pronounced.
那是非常美的一顆恒星，處于EGGs的頂端已經說明了它的來歷。
In the photograph, the EGGs appear small.
在圖片里，EGGs都顯的很小。
But our entire solar system could fit comfortably inside each one.
其實在任何一個EGGs里，把我們的太陽系放進去都綽綽有余。
These hot clumps of gas are the first stage of the formation of a star.
這些炙熱的氣團是恒星形成的初始階段。
And the towers where they hang are rightfully called, "The Pillars of Creation".
氣團所處的巨柱應該稱做——“創始之柱”。
Hubble's image of the Eagle Nebula shows us an early stage in the creation of stars.
哈勃拍的老鷹星云圖片向我們展示了恒星產生的初始階段。
What it doesn't show is the next stage.
但是沒有展示出初始階段的下一階段
How stars hatch from EGGs.
恒星是如何從EGGs演化出來的。
That answer came from images Hubble captured in 1994.
答案來自于哈勃1994年捕捉到的圖片。
Some 1,500 light-years away from Earth lies the Orion Nebula.
來自于離地球1500光年的獵戶座星云。
Like the Eagle Nebula, Orion is a birthplace of stars.
象老鷹星云一樣，獵戶座星云也是恒星的產生地。
When scientists closely examined this image, they discover tiny dark spots.
當科學家們仔細的察看了這些圖片后，他們發現了一些小黑點，
Flattened discs of gas and dust spots created by recently hatched EGGs.
那是由EGGs剛剛演化出來的扁平的碟狀氣體、塵埃點。
The spots are called proto-planetary discs.
這些點被稱做“原生行星碟狀物”，
Proplyds, for short.
簡稱“原星碟”。
The warm, orange clump in the center pulls in loose material from the surrounding disc.
炙熱、桔黃色的氣團在“原星碟”的中央，將周邊松散的物質拉進來。
This squeezes the matter in the center of the clump.
并向氣團中央擠壓物質。
The pressure grows. The clump heats up.
壓力越來越大。氣團的溫度也越來越高。
