Orion's dark cloud is a vast star factory
猎户座暗星云就是一座巨大的恒星工厂
We're witnessing the birth of the future universe.
我们正在目睹未来宇宙的诞生
We've come to expect destruction
我们原以为会遭遇毁灭
but this is one of the universe's greatest acts of creation.
但这是宇宙中最伟大的创造行为之一
Star birth.
恒星的诞生
This doesn't look right
好像不太对劲
Jets of gas exploding out with tremendous force
气体喷流的巨大力量
blasting dust and gas out for millions of miles.
把尘埃和气体喷射到数百万英里之外
It's unbelievably violent and creative
不可思议的狂暴和富有创意
Nebula
星云
vast glowing clouds of gas hanging in space.
巨大的发光气体云团悬浮在太空中
With no wind out here, they'll take thousands of years to disperse
这里没有风,它们会存在数千年才会散去
They seem to be forming a vast stellar sculpture.
它们看起来形成了巨大的星际雕像
Nature is more than a scientist, an engineer
大自然不只是科学家和工程师
it's an artist on the grandest of scales
它是最大手笔的艺术家
And this is a masterpiece
这就是旷世杰作(猎户座马头星云)
Stars are born, grow up, and then, then what?
恒星诞生、长大,然后,然后会怎样?
Do they die?
它们会死吗?
Do they slip quietly into the night or go out with a bang?
它们死去时是悄无声息还是轰轰烈烈
Somewhere between here and the edge of the universe lies the answer.
答案就在这里到宇宙边缘的某些地方