宇宙的奇迹（2011）

so it really is a picture of light from interstellar space.
这是一张摄于星际空间的照片
You know, I wouldn't normally show you a graph like this
你知道我不会无故给你看这样一张图
but this is fascinating because what it shows
这真是令人着迷 因为它捕捉的
is that that gas cloud, the Orion Nebula,
是那团气体云 猎户星云
is not just a cloud of elements.
这不仅仅是一团充满化学元素的云尘
There's complex chemistry here happening
在外太空正发生复杂的化学反应
in deep space because each peak on this graph
因为这张图上每个峰
corresponds to a different molecule
对应一种不同的分子
and there are some molecules present that I suppose
我想有些分子特征峰
are quite obvious.
非常明显
There's water and there's sulphur dioxide.
这是水 这是二氧化硫
But there are also complex carbon compounds in here.
这里还有碳化合物
So there's methanol,
这是甲醇
there's hydrogen cyanide,
这是氰化氢
there's formaldehyde, there's dimethyl ether.
这里是甲醛 二甲醚
So what we're seeing here
所以我们在这里看到的
is complex carbon chemistry happening in deep space.
就是外太空正发生的复杂的碳化学反应
That carbon chemistry
这种碳化学反应
is the beginning of the chemistry of life.
就是生命最初的化学起源
And there is surprising evidence that this chemistry
还有个意外发现
may have had a direct impact
这个化学过程也许直接影响了
on the evolution of life on Earth.
地球上的生命进化
That evidence comes from meteorites,
这个证据来自陨石
debris left over from the formation of the solar system
陨石是太阳系诞生之初的残留部分
that occasionally collides with the earth.
偶然与地球相撞所留下的碎片
One of the most productive places for finding meteorites
南美安第斯山脉高处的
is the Atacama Desert
阿塔卡马沙漠
in the high Andes of South America.
是发现陨石最多的地区之一
This is a meteorite,
这是枚陨石
a piece of rock that fell to earth from somewhere
从地球以外的太阳系某处
out there in the solar system.
掉下来的岩石碎片
And it is certainly older than any rock you can see here.
它肯定比你在这里见到的任何岩石都要古老
It's probably older than any rock
它也许比你能在地球上
you can find anywhere on earth
任何地方找到的岩石都更古老
because it formed from the primordial gas cloud,
因为它来自于那团原始的气态云
that nebula that collapsed
那团四十五亿年前塌陷
to form the sun and the planets over four and a half billion years ago.
继而锻造出了太阳和众多行星的星云
So it's incredibly ancient.
所以它非常古老
Now this is a slice,
这是一片
a crosssection through a meteorite.
陨石的横截面
You see those little brown areas in there?
你看见这里那些小片的棕色♥区♥域吗
Well, in those brown areas we found amino acids,
我们在那些区域里找到了氨基酸
the building blocks of proteins,
也就是蛋白质的组成元件
which are the building blocks of me,
而蛋白质是我
the building blocks of life,
是生命的组成元件
incredibly complex carbon compounds.
它们是非常复杂的碳化合物
So this says that the complex carbon chemistry
所以这就是开启你生命之路
you need to send you on the path to life
所需要的复杂的碳化学反应
was happening out there in space
早在四十五亿年前
four and a half billion years ago.
就在外太空发生了
So the first amino acids on earth,
所以地球上的第一个氨基酸
the fundamental building blocks of life,
生命最为基本的组成元件
may have formed in the depths of space
也许早就在太空深处形成
and been delivered to the earth on meteorites.
被陨石传送到了地球
When we look out into space,
当我们注意太空的时候
we are looking into our own origins.
我们也是在寻找自己的起源
Because we are truly children of the stars,
因为我们是恒星真正的孩子
and written into every atom
注入进我们身体的
and every molecule of our bodies
每一个原子和分子
is the entire history of the universe
就是宇宙从大爆♥炸♥
from the Big Bang to the present day.
到现在全部的历史
Our story is the story of the universe.
我们的故事就是宇宙的故事
And every piece of everyone, of everything you love,
每个人 你所热爱的一切
of everything you hate,
你所憎恨的一切
of the thing you hold most precious,
你所拥有的最宝贵的东西
was assembled by the forces of nature
在宇宙生命最为伊始的几分钟内
in the first few minutes of the life of the universe,
由自然的力量合成
transformed in the hearts of stars
在恒星的中心转化
or created in their fiery deaths.
或者在它们燃烧的消亡中诞生
And when you die,
而当你去世的时候
those pieces will be returned to the universe
这些碎片将回到宇宙中
in the endless cycle of death and rebirth.
进入无限的死亡又重生的轮回之中
What a wonderful thing it is to be a part of that universe!
就那样成为宇宙的一部分是多么奇妙啊
And what a story.
多么摄人心魄的故事
What a majestic story.
多么瑰丽宏伟的篇章
披头士乐队 《穿越宇宙》
Beatles: Across the Universe
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
流言蜚语如同无尽的雨滴溢满纸杯
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
它们急切切地穿越宇宙 悄悄溜走
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy
悲伤之池 欢喜之波
are drifting through my open mind,
在我跳脱的思维中悠悠漂荡
possessing and caressing me...
笼罩着我 亲抚着我