Except for a neutron stars and the white, brown, and black dwarves there are no more stars in the universe.

除了中子星和白矮星、褐矮星和黑矮星外，宇宙中再也没有恒星了。

These things were black, and small, but the name “black dwarf” was already being used for another type of object.

这些东西是黑色的，而且很小，但是“黑矮星”这个名字已经被用于称呼另一种类型的物体了。

Until one day, they become black dwarfs.

直到有一天， 它们变成了黑矮星。

Then, like all orbits, our orbit decays and we plunge back into the black dwarf that used to be our sun.

如同一切轨道，地球的轨道将失序并坠入我们曾称之为太阳的黑矮星。

Black dwarfs just haven't formed yet.

黑矮星还没有形成。

Bubber was squatting over something on the ground and beside him was a little black, dwarf shadow.

Bubber 正蹲在地上的某个东西上， 他旁边是一个黑色的矮小影子。

That is, if the Sun turned into a black dwarf instantly, which is unlikely even for our hypothetical scenario.

也就是说， 如果太阳立即变成黑矮星，即使对于我们的假设情景也是不太可能的。

At least we wouldn't have to worry about freezing to death once the Sun shrank to a black dwarf.

至少我们不必担心一旦太阳缩小成黑矮星就会冻死。

Realistically, to become a black dwarf, the Sun would have to go through all stages of the stellar life cycle.

实际上， 要成为黑矮星，太阳必须经历恒星生命周期的所有阶段。

When the smoke had circled about the cavern, suddenly a little black dwarf stood before him, and said: 'Lord, what are your commands'?

当烟雾在洞穴周围盘旋时，突然一个黑色的小矮人站在他面前，说道：“主啊， 您有什么吩咐？