评论
打印
Deadly hypernovas, frozen comets
致命的超超新星，冰冻的彗星
scorched planets, white dwarves, red giants
烧焦的行星，白矮星，红巨星
Tiny drops in a vast pool of white light
巨大银河水池里的小水滴
our home galaxy, the Milky Way
我们的星系，银河
We wanted to know where we fit in
我们想知道我们的位置
Here's our answer.
下面就是答案
Civilizations, past and present
古往今来的文明
Everyone that's ever lived
每一个古人今人
The smallest bug, the highest mountain
最小的甲虫，最高的山脉
all of it invisible, not even a tiny speck.
全都看不见，甚至算不是一个小斑点
Our home is a minor planet orbiting an insignificant star.
我们的小地球正在绕着一个毫不起眼的恒星的旋转
It is disappeared right now, who would even notice?
如果它马上消失，也没人会注意
And yet, so far, we've found nowhere else we would rather live
但到目前为止我们还没有找到其他我们愿意居住的地方
nowhere we could live
也没有能够居住的地方
It's only now, far from home
只有现在远离故乡
that we're beginning to truly appreciate it.
我们才真正开始珍视它
Look at all these stars, hundreds of thousands of them
看看这些恒星，数十万颗恒星
Surely one of them, more than one, must be capable of supporting life.
其中一颗，应该不只一颗，一定能够支持生命
Maybe here in this swarm of stars, the Great Cluster
也许在这一群恒星组成的大星团里就有
Back in the 1970's, astronomers sent a message in this direction
1970年代，天文学家向这个方向发出了信息
detailing the structure of our DNA and our solar system's location
详细描述了人类DNA结构和我们太阳系的位置
But the message won't arrive here for another 25,000 years.
至少还要25000年，这些信息才能到达这里
We haven't found alien life yet
我们仍然没有发现外星生命
But neither have we found any reason to believe
但同样也没有任何理由去相信宇宙中
it isn't out there somewhere.
没有外星生命
There's an equation devised
有一个方程式
to estimate the number of other advanced civilizations
是设计用来估算其他发达文明的数量
The result is startling.
计算的结果令人震惊
There could be millions of civilizations just in our own galaxy.
仅在我们银河系可能就有数百万个文明
