上图中可以看到令人难以置信的丰富结构，从中我们可以了解宇宙的形成和演化。

Visible above is an incredible tapestry of structure that provides limits on how the universe formed and evolved.

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早先的研究表明暗物质对婴儿宇宙的形成居功至伟，它们本身扮演了可见物质聚合成星系的引力核心的角色。

Earlier work had suggested that dark matter seeded the early universe, acting as nuclei around which visible matter clumped into galaxies.

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如果早期宇宙的形成是完全平稳顺利的，那就没有恒星的存在，生命也因此无法进化，我们就是本就存在的量子起伏的产物。

If the early universe had been completely smooth, there would be no stars and so life could not have developed. We are the product of primordial quantum fluctuations.

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Together, these figures form a kind of microcosm of humanity.

组在一起，这些角色,形成人性的小宇宙。

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