| 1. | It is the nearest star and is the only star that we can study in details
在天文学上，太阳是最接近地球的恒星，亦是唯一可以让人类详细研究的恒星。 |
| 2. | To get to the nearest star you need to have a spacecraft that we have no hope of building within 100 years
要登上距离我们最近的恒星，你需要的是一艘我们在100年内也无望建成的航天器。 |
| 3. | The sun , our nearest star , is the fundamental source of energy and heat for the earth , which is vital for the existence of life on our planet
太阳是最接近地球的恒星，是能量和热力的基本来源，对地球上生命的存活至关重要。 |
| 4. | The third victory condition is to be the first civilization to construct a spaceship to colonize alpha centauri , the nearest star system to earth
最后就是空间竞赛，第一个完成向射手座阿尔法星发射殖民火箭的文明将获得胜利。 |
| 5. | Here light from the nearest stars takes years to reach us , and the density of gas averages about one atom per cubic centimeter
在这里，来自最近邻恒星的光需要好几年才能抵达，而气体的密度平均而言，大约是每立方公分内有一个原子。 |
| 6. | So the round trip to the nearest star would take at least 8 years , and to the centre of the galaxy , about a hundred thousand years
因此在离地球最近的星球与地球之间作一次往返旅行，至少要8年时间，而到银河系的中心来回一趟大约需要10万年。 |
| 7. | Tourists kiss as russian experts help them to feel the effects of zero gravity during a parabolic flight near star city outside moscow , august 30 , 2004
8月30日，在俄罗斯首都莫斯科郊外的“星城”宇航员训练中心，游客们正在经历一次特殊的旅行? ?模拟抛物线飞行中的失重体验。 |
| 8. | The difference between traveling to the nearest star and traveling around our own solar system is about the same as the difference between swimming across the atlantic and swimming across the atlantic and swimming across the potomac
到距离我们最近的恒星旅行，与在我们的太阳系范围内旅行，两者的区别就近似游泳横渡大西洋与游泳横横渡波托马克何的区别。 |
| 9. | Of course , if the earth were to become overpopulated , we can imagine sending families in space vessels to colonize the nearest stars . but it ' s their great - great - great - grandchildren who would finally reach those stars . and they wouldn ' t even know where to stop
当然，如果地球上的人口过多的话，我们可以想象，把一些家庭送进太空船中，让他们去开发最近的恒星。但是，最终到达这些恒星的是他们的万代子孙了，而且，他们可能甚至不知该在哪里落足。 |
