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Seven thousand light years from home
距离地球7000光年
It's as though we're in a forest thick with trees.
似乎我们置身于树木浓密的森林中
Each so beautiful, so fascinating, it's impossible to look beyond
每棵树都那么美丽、迷人，不可能遥望外面
to see the bigger picture.
去看到全局
We have to find a way through
我们必须找到出路
to reach the clearing at the galaxy's edge
抵达星系边缘的开阔地带
But faced with sights like this, its hard to leave
但是面对这样的美景，让人流连忘返(天鹰星云)
A colossal glowing cloud topped by these great towers of dust
庞大的发光云团上面矗立着这些巨大的尘埃高塔
the Pillars of Creation
它们是创世之柱
Like a gateway into the unknown.
犹如进入未知世界的大门
A star factory packed with embryonic star systems
这是是一个布满胚胎期恒星系统的工厂
each larger than our solar system.
每一个恒星系都像我们太阳系那么大
we have to resist its siren song, tear ourselves away
我们必须赶紧离开，否则会无法自拔
to carry on towards the edge of the galaxy
以便能继续前进到星系的边缘
Dazzled by the Milk Way's beauty, we've been blinded to its terrors
炫于银河的美丽，我们无视它的危险
and strayed into a cosmic minefield
于是闯进了宇宙雷区
Like an explosion in slow motion.
好像是一场慢动作的爆炸场面
A massive star, millions of times brighter than our sun.
一颗巨大的恒星，亮度是我们太阳的数百万倍
It's going into meltdown
它正在崩解
The fuel that sustains it is running out
维持它的燃料即将耗尽
the nuclear reactions that power it winding down
给它提供能量的核反应正在逐渐减少
We're watching its death throes
我们看到是它的垂死挣扎
An even bigger, dangerously unstable star
一个更大的，险象环生的不稳定恒星
But this one's about to explode
但是这个会爆炸
And when a star this big dies
像这样一个巨大恒星死亡时
it's a hundred times more violent than a supernova.
爆炸比超新星剧烈一百倍
We've stumbled into the most violent star death of all
无意中我们撞见了最剧烈的恒星之死
a hypernova.
超超新星
The core's collapsed, it's becoming a black hole.
它的核心坍塌了，正在变成一个黑洞
