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The hemoglobin in your blood, when you bleed and it's red, that red color is due to oxygen, and is due to iron that is in your blood that was created in a supernova.
你身体中的血色素在你流血时会显现出红色，那是因为血液中充满了氧元素和铁元素，正是“超新星”造就了这些元素。
The gold on your wedding ring is created in a supernova.
你的结婚戒指中的黄金是由“超新星”产生的。
Calcium in your bones was created in a supernova.
你骨头中的钙也是由“超新星”产生的。
And so we learn so much about the universe itself when these stars die.
我们已经了解了不少宇宙中恒星死亡时的事情。
Hubble is giving scientists the ultimate learning experience by monitoring one particular star, Eta Carina, back in the Carina Nebula.
哈勃现在正在科学家们提供最后的学习机会，通过观测一个特殊的恒星船底座星云7号星。
This is a star that is a bit of a mystery.
这颗恒星有点神秘。
It appears to have about a hundred times the mass of the sun and that is the upper limit.
它的质量大概是太阳的100倍，这是恒星质量的上限。
The more massive a star is, the hotter it is, and the surface of the star is so hot, that it can't even hold its own gas.
恒星质量越大，其温度也越高，这颗恒星的表面温度高到甚至其难以掌控自身的气体。
It's constantly blowing off a stream of gas.
它不断的爆出气体流。
For over a decade, Hubble creates a series of photos of Eta Carina.
10多年来，哈勃拍摄了一系列关于船底座7号星的图片。
The photos show two enormous lobes of superheated gas erupting from the surface.
图片显示2个巨大的超高温气体流由恒星的表面喷射而出。
Although Eta Carina is a young star, its huge mass makes it unstable.
虽然船底座7号星是一颗年轻的恒星，但是它巨大的质量使其非常不稳定。
This star will not survive for long.
这颗恒星不会存在太久了。
Eta Carina is one of the very few stars that we can point at and say, "Yeah, that one's gonna go."
船底座7号是极少数我们能指着它说：“啊，这颗恒星快要完了。”
When Eta Carina goes, it will become one of the most devastating supernovae ever recorded.
当船底座7号爆灭时，它会成为有史以来最具破坏性的“超新星”之一。
When the light from the explosion reaches us, it will be an extraordinary sight.
当我们看到它爆炸的光的时候，那将是一种极其特别的景象。
It will be almost as bright as the full moon.
它的亮度将和满月的亮度差不多。
All that light concentrated into a point of light in our sky.
它的爆炸光将会在天空汇集成一个小亮点。
It will cast shadows at night.
如果在夜间，它的光亮会投射出影子。
The fireworks will begin when the star runs out of fuel.
这场烟火大戏将会在它耗尽了自身能量后发生。
The gigantic star will destroy itself in just a few seconds.
这颗巨型恒星将会在几秒内被毁灭。
