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they look like
pyramids... but, listen, I agree with Russell, I don’t think that’s what they
are. We hardly know anything about this planet... the wind might have played a
part in shaping this terrain,” he concluded.
“Guys, I’m no climate expert, but
I know for sure that there’s no place in the universe where a planet’s wind
could sculpt something like this, creating perpendicular sides like those of a
quadrilateral, or, in this case, a mathematically accurate tetrahedron,” she
argued.
It was hard to argue with the
facts in front of them. They had been trained to be skeptical. Photos of a
planet with a one-of-a-kind geography, with valleys that could have been a huge
ocean, and ruins — or something that looked like ruins — as if they were what was left of a city... and to top it all off,
pyramids? Could there really have been another planet in the universe with
living beings, or which had once supported life? Or were they just being fooled
by their own desire for all of this to be real?
“Let’s wait until we get back to
Earth to draw conclusions. These are very important questions, and our findings
are in no way trivial. But I’m sure, with years of study and thousands of
people analyzing this data, the scientific community will come to the right
conclusion, which may just be that these are actually pyramids,” said Russell
in closing, thus putting an end to Allison’s analysis.
Image 08 – The planet Sater.
(credits and details on the final page)
Chapter 10
The ship had already gone around
much of the star. They had lost contact with the probe some time ago. Allison
continued analyzing the data that they had been able to collect, saving the
amazement for herself.
Frank tried to get some rest.
Russell had decided that he wasn’t going to sleep. He couldn’t risk missing the
point where they would have to start up the engines and exit the star’s orbit
to go in search of the place where they would then create the wormhole.
For a moment, Russell stared at
the star. Then, he looked at Allison. She was looking out at the horizon,
pensive. The few beams of light that made their way through the windows’ solar
protection lit up her face, giving it a lovely glow.
Russell contemplated the moment
for a second, and then asked the astronomer: “Allison, in one of your papers,
you say this star is moving, that it’s following a path, right?”
“What? What did you say?” she asked,
waking up from her daydream.
“Sorry to bug you,” said Russell.
“I was asking about this star following a path...”
“Oh, yeah... I came to the
conclusion that a black hole was created, and that, due to its gravity, the
system was thrown out of balance and the star was accelerated. But,
then, this black hole disappeared, or moved, causing the system to fall back
into balance, and thus leaving this star on a path, in movement.”
“And now that you’re here,
looking the star up close,” Russell replied, “do you still think that that’s
what happened?”
“Yes, that has to be it. Why?
There’s no other explanation. Plus,” Allison continued, “the technology this
ship uses to jump through wormholes is based on a proven theory that allows us
to do just that, to create black holes. And that theory, in turn, was based on
studies about this star — and about its current
movement.”
“So, you’re saying that a
mysterious black hole causing this star to speed up appeared sometime within
the last 250,000 years, right?” asked Russell.
“Yes,” she replied.
“And it’s not here anymore, is
it?”
“No, I’ve been scanning the space
around us since we got here, not only searching for the planet Sater, but for
that black hole, as well, and I didn’t find anything.”
“So, in summary,” said Russell,
“at some point in the past, over 250,000 years ago, a black hole in this area
disappeared. Is that it?”
“Yes, that’s the best theory
we’ve been able to come up with so far.
pyramids... but, listen, I agree with Russell, I don’t think that’s what they
are. We hardly know anything about this planet... the wind might have played a
part in shaping this terrain,” he concluded.
“Guys, I’m no climate expert, but
I know for sure that there’s no place in the universe where a planet’s wind
could sculpt something like this, creating perpendicular sides like those of a
quadrilateral, or, in this case, a mathematically accurate tetrahedron,” she
argued.
It was hard to argue with the
facts in front of them. They had been trained to be skeptical. Photos of a
planet with a one-of-a-kind geography, with valleys that could have been a huge
ocean, and ruins — or something that looked like ruins — as if they were what was left of a city... and to top it all off,
pyramids? Could there really have been another planet in the universe with
living beings, or which had once supported life? Or were they just being fooled
by their own desire for all of this to be real?
“Let’s wait until we get back to
Earth to draw conclusions. These are very important questions, and our findings
are in no way trivial. But I’m sure, with years of study and thousands of
people analyzing this data, the scientific community will come to the right
conclusion, which may just be that these are actually pyramids,” said Russell
in closing, thus putting an end to Allison’s analysis.
Image 08 – The planet Sater.
(credits and details on the final page)
Chapter 10
The ship had already gone around
much of the star. They had lost contact with the probe some time ago. Allison
continued analyzing the data that they had been able to collect, saving the
amazement for herself.
Frank tried to get some rest.
Russell had decided that he wasn’t going to sleep. He couldn’t risk missing the
point where they would have to start up the engines and exit the star’s orbit
to go in search of the place where they would then create the wormhole.
For a moment, Russell stared at
the star. Then, he looked at Allison. She was looking out at the horizon,
pensive. The few beams of light that made their way through the windows’ solar
protection lit up her face, giving it a lovely glow.
Russell contemplated the moment
for a second, and then asked the astronomer: “Allison, in one of your papers,
you say this star is moving, that it’s following a path, right?”
“What? What did you say?” she asked,
waking up from her daydream.
“Sorry to bug you,” said Russell.
“I was asking about this star following a path...”
“Oh, yeah... I came to the
conclusion that a black hole was created, and that, due to its gravity, the
system was thrown out of balance and the star was accelerated. But,
then, this black hole disappeared, or moved, causing the system to fall back
into balance, and thus leaving this star on a path, in movement.”
“And now that you’re here,
looking the star up close,” Russell replied, “do you still think that that’s
what happened?”
“Yes, that has to be it. Why?
There’s no other explanation. Plus,” Allison continued, “the technology this
ship uses to jump through wormholes is based on a proven theory that allows us
to do just that, to create black holes. And that theory, in turn, was based on
studies about this star — and about its current
movement.”
“So, you’re saying that a
mysterious black hole causing this star to speed up appeared sometime within
the last 250,000 years, right?” asked Russell.
“Yes,” she replied.
“And it’s not here anymore, is
it?”
“No, I’ve been scanning the space
around us since we got here, not only searching for the planet Sater, but for
that black hole, as well, and I didn’t find anything.”
“So, in summary,” said Russell,
“at some point in the past, over 250,000 years ago, a black hole in this area
disappeared. Is that it?”
“Yes, that’s the best theory
we’ve been able to come up with so far.
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