The deadliest, most powerful thing in the universe.
宇宙中最致命、最强大的东西
A quasar.
类星体
A swirling cauldron of superheated gas
一团翻腾的超热气体
This beast has a heart of darkness, a super-massive black hole
这头巨兽的黑暗之心是一颗超级质量的黑洞
as heavy as a billion suns.
和十亿颗太阳一样重
It's ripping apart whole stars
它正在撕裂所有的恒星
devouring them until they're nothing
吞噬着他们直到什么也不剩
lost forever from the visible universe
在可见的宇宙中永远消失
We think, we hope, we pray
我们思考,我们希望,我们祈祷
we've seen the worst the universe can throw at us.
我们已经看到了宇宙中最骇人的威胁
But no one can know what lies ahead
但是没有知道前方有什么
We'll need to go further, go faster
我们必须走得更远,走的更快
Eight billion light years from home.
距离地球80亿光年
More galaxies, but these look different
更多的星系,但是这些看起来有些不同
Ragged, small, close together
形状不整、小而且相距不远
We're so far back in time
我们回溯时间太长了
we're seeing these galaxies as they were before the Earth was born
这些星系还是在地球诞生之前的形态
They're still young, still growing.
它们还年轻,仍在成长
We're getting close to where and how it all began
我们正在接近宇宙形成的起点
Look at the galaxies now.
你看这些星系
They're more like primitive plankton floating in a vast dark ocean
它们就像是漂浮在辽阔黑暗海洋中的原始浮游生物
Clouds of dust and gas..
尘埃和气体的云团
dancing , twirling, merging to make embryonic galaxies.
舞动着,旋转着,聚集成胚胎时期的星系