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This strange idea of spacetime is certainly radical.
這個奇怪的時空概念無疑很激進。
In one sweeping action, Einstein's theory of relativity completely changed our picture of the universe.
通過包羅萬象的作用，愛因斯坦的相對論徹底改變了我們對宇宙的描述。
Newton's universe was kind of a stage, an arena in which everything happens.
牛頓的宇宙是特定的階段，萬物活動的特定的舞臺。
It was like a box, exactly as you'd imagine it,
它就象是個箱子，準確地說你可以想象得到的箱子、
and the stars and the planets and us are just going about our business inside the box.
恒星、行星以及我們就在箱子里面做交易。
Now, Einstein's genius was to realise that you don't need a box, there's just spacetime.
現在，愛因斯坦的天賦在于實現了你無需箱子，只需要時空。
And everything that happens in the universe affects the spacetime,
宇宙中發生的一切影響著時空，
and the spacetime affects everything that happen in the universe.
而時空也影響著宇宙中所發生的一切。
In Newton's universe there's just empty space.
在牛頓的宇宙里只存在真空。
The stars and galaxies have an effect on each other, but that's it.
恒星與星系有相互作用，但就是這樣。
Einstein's universe is completely different, it has an internal fabric, the spacetime.
愛因斯坦的宇宙完全不同，有一個內在的構造——時空。
The celestial bodies are all embedded within this fabric, and they all interact with it.
天體都鑲嵌在這個構造中，都與它相互作用。
In Einstein's universe, the planets, stars and galaxies actually warp, bend and distort the spacetime.
在愛因斯坦的宇宙中，行星、恒星、星系實際上是彎曲的，彎曲和扭曲著時空。
It's this interaction of matter with the fabric of the cosmos
這個物質與宇宙構造的互動
that helps explain the weird sightings on Kitt Peak.
有助于解釋基特峰上所看到的奇特的現象。
