<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishSlim alihisi milango ya ulimwengu mpya, wa kibinafsi ikimfunga, na elimu ya nyota ikawa kitu cha nyota zilizokufa na nafasi nyeusi, tupu.  <response>: Slim felt the doors of the new, private world closing on him and astronomy became a thing of dead stars and black, empty space. 