THE BLACK HOLE THAT ATE THE GALAXY (&my homework) -- by Steve Nadis
After handball, the other night, my handball partner asked me in the locker room if I'd heard about the black hole that ate the galaxy. He'd heard from someone else that it was 12 billion light-years away. That sounded far away to me but I hadn't read any of the articles about this even though quite a few had been sent electronically. A guy in the locker room I'd never talked to said he'd read that it was only about 1 million light-years away. That sounded too close to me but I told him I hadn't seen the articles yet.
Later that night, I looked it up and found out the guy was right. The very next day I ran into him on the sidewalk and told him he was, in fact, right about the black hole that ate the galaxy. "It WAS about a million light-years away." That pretty much ended our conversation and we may never speak again. But why should we? We're not likely to top that story.
Later that night, I looked it up and found out the guy was right. The very next day I ran into him on the sidewalk and told him he was, in fact, right about the black hole that ate the galaxy. "It WAS about a million light-years away." That pretty much ended our conversation and we may never speak again. But why should we? We're not likely to top that story.
