CNN News: 宇宙黑洞的秘密

You learn in science that black holes formed when stars collapsed and that they have such incredibly intense gravity that not even light can escape them, at least that`s the theory.

在科學(xué)課上，我們學(xué)習(xí)過黑洞是恒星在核聚變反應(yīng)的燃料耗盡而死亡后而形成的。黑洞的引力場極為強(qiáng)勁，按照理論上，甚至于光速也不能逃脫黑洞的引力，

There is some controversy over whether black holes actually exist. Some scientists, including Stephen Hawking, have said they don`t. Others argue they`re mathematically impossible.

但是關(guān)于是否存在黑洞，有一些爭議。史蒂芬·霍金等一些科學(xué)家，稱黑洞不存在。其他的科學(xué)家則認(rèn)為在數(shù)學(xué)層面上黑洞是不可能存在的。

Those who disagree with that say that not only are they real, but that two of them are about to collide.

而持反對意見的人認(rèn)為黑洞不僅僅存在，而且其中有兩個(gè)黑洞即將要發(fā)生碰撞。

Black holes are some of the strangest and most mysterious object in space. Scientists say they have found new clues that two black holes might be merging, a phenomenon some consider the Holy Grail of physics.

黑洞是屬于宇宙中最強(qiáng)勁、最神秘的物體。科學(xué)家稱，已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)新的線索證明兩個(gè)黑洞可能將要合并，有些人將這一現(xiàn)象稱為物理學(xué)的“圣杯”。

NASA says two of its space telescopes have found new information about an odd repeating light signal coming from the center of a distant galaxy in the Virgo constellation, about 3.5 billion light years from Earth.

美國宇航局稱兩臺(tái)天文望遠(yuǎn)鏡發(fā)現(xiàn)了處女座中一個(gè)遙遠(yuǎn)的星系一直重復(fù)發(fā)出光信號，距離地球約35億光年。

Researchers say the new data is the best evidence yet that the light signal is coming from two super massive black holes and that the duo is orbiting closer together than any pair detected so far. Scientists were able to track the changing light patterns over the past 20 years, using ultraviolent data from Hubble and the Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

研究人員稱新數(shù)據(jù)是最好的證據(jù)表明光信號來自于兩個(gè)超大質(zhì)量的黑洞，這是目前為止偵測的距離最近的兩個(gè)黑洞。科學(xué)家們能利用哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡以及星系演化探測器跟蹤過去20年的光模式的轉(zhuǎn)變。

The two black holes are expected to collide and merge in less than a million years, triggering a huge explosion.

預(yù)計(jì)這兩大黑洞將會(huì)在未來100年發(fā)生碰撞并合為一體，引發(fā)巨大的爆炸。

Why all the interests in black hole mass up? For the most part, black holes are a huge mystery. Scientists think there are billions of them in the universe. But they can`t actually see them. Experts say they can detect gas and other materials being sucked into the black holes.

為什么人們都關(guān)注黑洞質(zhì)量呢?大部分原因是由于黑洞是一個(gè)巨大的謎團(tuán)?？茖W(xué)家認(rèn)為宇宙中存在數(shù)十億的黑洞。但是科學(xué)家們無法看到這些黑洞。專家稱，自己可以偵測到被黑洞吸進(jìn)的氣體和其他物質(zhì)。

In the final moments before they collide, it`s predicted the black holes will cause ripples in the space and time called gravitational waves. And scientists say those waves could hold clues about the fabric of our universe.

人們預(yù)測，在黑洞碰撞的最后時(shí)刻，會(huì)引發(fā)時(shí)空的波動(dòng)，即引力波。同時(shí)科學(xué)家還表明，這些引力波中含有我們宇宙結(jié)構(gòu)的信息。