Despite the complexity and variety of the Universe,
尽管宇宙如此复杂多变
it turns out that to make one,you need just three ingredients.
但事实上 要造出宇宙 只需要3种材料
Let's imagine we could list them in some kind of cosmic cookbook.
想象一下我们可以把它们列在某本宇宙食谱中
So,what are the three ingredients we need to cook up a Universe?
打造宇宙需要哪3种材料呢?
The first is matter stuff that has mass.
第1样是物质 具有质量的东西
Matter is all around us,in the ground beneath our feet...
我们周遭都是物质 存在于我们脚下的土地里
and out in space...dust,rock,ice,liquids,vast clouds of gas,
也存在于太空中 尘埃 岩石 冰 液体 庞大的气体云
massive spirals of stars each containing billions of suns,
壮观的螺旋星系 每个都有数十亿颗太阳
stretching away for incredible distances.The second thing you need is energy.
延伸至难以估算的距离 你需要的第2样材料是能量
Even if we've never thought about it,we all know what energy is.
就算未曾想过 我们也都知道什么是能量
Something we encounter every day.
我们每天都会体验到
Look up at the Sun,and you can feel it on your face...
抬头看太阳 你的脸庞就能感觉到
energy produced by a star 93 million miles away.
1.5亿千米外的恒星所产生的能量