纪录片《重力错乱》 第21期 宇宙间最极端的地方

This is one piece of nature we haven't really observed right yet,

这是自然界的一部分，我们尚未真正观察到，

to see gravitational waves, whether they really affect things here the way we think they do.

然而为了观察到引力波，不管它们是否按我们认为的影响这里的东西。

We don't know where the sources are that we're looking for,

我们不知道我们在寻找的源头在哪里，

so we have to look farther and farther out until we catch one.

所以我们不得不看得越来越远，直到逮住一个。

In the most extreme places in the universe, Einstein is still on dodgy ground.

在宇宙间最极端的地方，爱因斯坦仍然处于不靠谱的地步。

As we travel deeper into space and time we're beginning to realise that Einstein's universe may unravel¹.

随着我们深入到空间与时间里，我们开始意识到爱因斯坦的宇宙可能会崩溃。

But to know the cosmos², we need to know how gravity works everywhere.

然而要了解宇宙，就必须了解引力的整个机理。

In the most sinister³ of cosmic phenomena⁴,

在最险恶的宇宙现象中，

in the dark heart of a black hole, Einstein has no answers.

在不为人知的黑洞中心，爱因斯坦没辙了。

And his idea of gravity completely fails in the most violent event in history.

他的引力概念对于历史上最剧烈的事件完全不管用。

At the Big Bang, the origin of everything, the universe was incredibly hot,

在大爆炸，万物的起始点，宇宙的温度极其高，

incredibly dense⁵ and incredibly small.

密度极其密、极其小。

All matter was condensed into a space smaller than a single atom.

所有的物质被压缩在一个比单个的原子还小的空间里。

And here lies the problem.

那里充满了疑问。

1 unravel   

v.弄清楚（秘密）；拆开，解开，松开

参考例句：

• He was good with his hands and could unravel a knot or untangle yarn that others wouldn't even attempt.他的手很灵巧，其他人甚至都不敢尝试的一些难解的绳结或缠在一起的纱线，他都能解开。
• This is the attitude that led him to unravel a mystery that long puzzled Chinese historians.正是这种态度使他解决了长期以来使中国历史学家们大惑不解的谜。

2 cosmos   

n.宇宙；秩序，和谐

参考例句：

• Our world is but a small part of the cosmos.我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已。
• Is there any other intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos?在宇宙的其他星球上还存在别的有智慧的生物吗？

3 sinister   

adj.不吉利的，凶恶的，左边的

参考例句：

• There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。
• Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.他们的建议不仅一钱不值，而且包藏祸心。

4 phenomena   

n.现象

参考例句：

• Ade couldn't relate the phenomena with any theory he knew.艾德无法用他所知道的任何理论来解释这种现象。
• The object of these experiments was to find the connection,if any,between the two phenomena.这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系，如果存在着任何联系的话。

5 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。