Maybe a better idea would be to build a megastructure somewhere closer to the Solar System.

也许在离太阳系更近地方建一个超级建筑更好。

Once this megastructure is finished, energy has become practically unlimited for molding the home system however they see fit.

一旦这个巨型结构建成，不论他们怎么看，可被用来改造他们系能量几乎就是无限了。

But when scientists looked, they didn't find remnants of harvested stars, decaying megastructures or scars of great interstellar wars.

但当科学家们仔细观测时，他们并没有发现被采集过、弃巨型结构或者史诗般际战争痕迹。

Another innovative megastructure was proposed  in 1975 by a NASA Summer Study at Stanford University.

1975 年，NASA 在斯坦福学开展一项夏季研究提出了另一个创新巨型结构。

With all these technologies in place, our megastructures can stay standing and stable.

有了这些技术，我们超高层建筑就能稳稳当当地矗立不倒了。

For the inhabitants of the megastructure, it would always be daytime.

对于巨型建筑居民来说， 它永远是白天。

Because the megastructure would turn out so enormous, it would break any known molecular bonds.

因为巨型结构会变得如此巨，它会破坏任何已知分子键。

Chicago is not the ideal place to build a megastructure like this one.

芝加哥不是建造这样一座巨型建筑理想场所。

And also within a regular shape, the transit itself, that these could be megastructures.

而且在规则形状内，经过本身运行，这些可能就是巨型结构。

How many people are looking for megastructures now?

- 现在有多少人在寻找巨型结构？

For him, natural cavities in rock appear more like ancient megastructures.

对他而言，岩石中天然空洞更像是古代巨型建筑结构。

It's high density, it's self-sustaining all inside the single megastructure, but it's the dystopian version.

它高密度， 完全在单一巨型结构内自给自足，但这是反乌托邦版本。

Essentially, it's a moving megastructure that moves across large swaths of land, acting as a territorial manager.

本质上， 它是一个移动超型结构， 跨越片土地移动，充当着领土管理者角色。

In 2006, the Kalpana One Orbital Settlement  was proposed as an improvement upon the megastructures from the 1970s.

2006 年，卡尔帕纳一号轨道定居点被提议作为对 1970 年代巨型结构改进。

Well, the main groups looking for megastructures are again, Jason Wright at Penn State and collaborators.

- 嗯，主要寻找巨型结构团队还是杰森·赖特在宾夕法尼亚州立学及其合作者。

Love it, we have megastructure candidates.

- 爱了，我们有超级结构候选对象。

It's an entire city contained in a single megastructure that's supposed to be 500 meters tall.

这是一个完全包含在单个超高层建筑内城市，该建筑预计高度为500米。

And one of the more interesting theories was that we were witnessing the construction of a giant alien megastructure called a Dyson sphere.

其中一个更有趣猜测理论是，我们正见证着一个巨外巨型结构建造——戴森球。

What other megastructures do you think that could be?

你认为还可能有哪些巨型结构？

In essence, it's the concept of the self-sustaining, high density city that's contained in this single megastructure.

本质上，这是一个将自给自足、高密度城市概念包含在单一巨型结构中理念。