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We're 5 million, million, that's 5 trillion miles from home.
我们离地球5万亿英里，也就是5兆英里
But this is still only a baby step.
但这还只是一小步
Ahead, trillions of miles, billions of stars.
前面还有好几兆英里，数十亿颗恒星
Time to stop looking back and start looking ahead
我们该停止向后看而要向前看
to step out into the big, wide universe
踏进巨大无垠的宇宙
Interstellar space.
星际空间
Billions of stars like our own Sun
数十亿颗像我们太阳一样的恒星
many with planets, many of those with moons.
很多有行星，很多行星有卫星
It's hard to know which way to go
不知道该选择哪条路了
There are infinite possibilities.
存在着无限的可能性
We're going to need a serious burst of acceleration.
我们需要强大的加速度
Twenty-five trillion miles from home.
距离地球25兆英里
A 150,000-year ride in the space shuttle.
乘坐太空飞船要飞15万年
And we're only just reached the first solar system beyond
然而我们只是抵达了距离我们最近的其他太阳系
Alpha Centauri
半人马座α星
Not one but three stars.
不是一颗，而是三颗恒星
Spinning around each other locked in a celestial standoff
它们互相围绕公转，形成一场宇宙对决
Each star's gravity attracting the other
每颗恒星都吸引的另一颗
their blazing orbital speed keeping them apart.
他们极快的轨道速度使它们能够保持距离
Get between them and we'd be vaporized
进入它们之间，我们会在
trillions of miles from home.
距离地球几兆英里的地方被蒸发
So far that miles are becoming meaningless.
这么远的距离，英里已经变得无用了
Out here, we measure in light years.
我们在这里得使用光年计算
Light travels 6 trillion miles a year
光一年可以飞行6兆英里
so we are overfour light-years from home.
我们已经离开地球4光年
Distances so vast they're mind-boggling
远到我们几乎无法理解的距离
Who knows what strange forces lie ahead
谁知道前方会是什么样的奇异世界
what we'll discover when--
如果我们抵达了宇宙边缘，
If we reach the edge of the universe
我们会发现什么呢？
