Shoot for Mars or Alpha Centauri.

向火星或半人马座阿尔法星发射。

This star is actually part of a three-star system, the other two stars being Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B.

这颗恒星实际上是一个三星系统的一部分，另外两颗恒星是半人马座阿尔法星A 和半人马座阿尔法星B。

We're charged and aimed at Alpha Centauri, ready for transport.

已经充电，瞄准了半人马阿尔法星，准备传送。

The nearest star to the Sun is a red dwarf called Proxima Centauri, which orbits the binary star Alpha Centauri.

距离太阳最近的恒星是一颗被称为比邻星的红矮星，它围绕着半人马座阿尔法双星运行。

Private companies will even be attempting to travel to the Alpha Centauri system, the closest star system to our Solar System.

私人企业甚至会尝试到达半人马座阿尔法星系，这是离我们太阳系最近的恒星系。

The nearest star system to us is Alpha Centauri, 4.3 light years away, so we see it as it was 4.3 years ago.

离我们最近的恒星系统是半人马座阿尔法星，距我们4.3光年，所以我们看到的它是4.3年前的样子。

A more powerful version could cross the vast void to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to the sun, in a bit over a century.

一个更强大的火箭可能在一个多世纪后穿过这片巨大的空间，到达离太阳最近的半人马座阿尔法星。

Here's our closest neighbour, Alpha Centauri.

这是我们最近的邻居，半人马座阿尔法星。

And the students vow that they will do better on Alpha Centauri.

学生们发誓他们会在 Alpha Centauri 上做得更好。

The distance to the closest star to earth, Alpha Centauri, is not 1 quadrillion times in the other direction from the tiny proton – but 24 quadrillion.

离地球最近的恒星，半人马座阿尔法星，与微小的质子相差的1夸万亿倍，而是24夸万亿倍。

Suppose you were to travel at the speed of light to the star system Alpha Centauri, meanwhile I would remain on earth to wait for your return.

假设你以光速到达半人马座阿尔法星系，与此同时我将留在地球上等待你的归来。

Alpha Centauri B is located in a triple star system over 4.3 light years from Earth.

半人马座阿尔法 B 位于距离地球 4.3 光年的三合星系统中。

They spend the entire school year planning to colonize the planet Alpha Centauri to preserve future generations.

他们花了整个学年计划殖民半人马座阿尔法星以保护后代。

Our nearest stellar neighbor is Alpha Centauri, a star that is 4.3 light years away.

我们最近的恒星邻居是半人马座阿尔法星，这是一颗距离我们 4.3 光年的恒星。

Jackie thinks the effort could reveal a Brown dwarf even closer than Alpha Centauri, a new next door neighbor.

杰基认为，这项努力可能会发现比隔壁的新邻居半人马座阿尔法星更近的褐矮星。

They might even be able to reach the nearby star system Alpha Centauri only 15 years after they launch.

他们甚至可能在发射 15 年后到达附近的恒星系统半人马座阿尔法星。

The rocket carried equipment to observe the Alpha Centauri star system which according to equatorial launch Australia can only happen from the southern hemisphere, as its visible year-round south of the Equator.

火箭搭载了观测半人马座阿尔法星系统的设备，澳洲赤道发射公司称只能从南半球观测，因为它全年都在赤道以南。

But a civilization that is not actively transmitting radio signals into space might be as close as our nearest stellar neighbor, the Alpha Centauri system, and we would have no way of realizing they exist.

但是，一个不积极向太空发送无线电信号的文明，可能会和我们最近的恒星系——半人马座阿尔法星系一样近，而我们也无法得知它们的存在。

They will get there on a multigenerational spacecraft so that the grandkids of the people on the ship will arrive at Alpha Centauri, ready to start a new civilization.

他们将乘坐多代飞船到达那里，以便船上上人们的孙子孙女到达半人马座阿尔法星，准备开始一个新的文明。

A system of three stars— like Alpha Centauri— could come crashing into one another or, more likely, some might get flung out of orbit after a long time of apparent stability.

一个由三颗恒星组成的系统——比如半人马座阿尔法星——可能会相互碰撞，或者更有可能的是， 在长时间的表面稳定之后， 有些恒星可能会被抛出轨道。