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Cosmic Wonders 宇宙奇景(上)
空中英語教室 20250523
cosmic KK[ˋkɑzmɪk] DJ[ˋkɔzmik] adj.宇宙的 wonder 奇跡；奇觀；奇事 (使用CapCut 自動字幕功能) 只要修正英文文法，保留原文，同時將簡體中文修改為繁體中文
Today is a great day to learn something new.
So let’s do that together. I’m David,
and this is Studio Classroom.
We have a very scientific article for you today, friends.
We are talking about black holes.
So here is a question to start us off with. Are you ready?
I am so ready. Okay,
what do you think happens to objects
that are pulled into a black hole?
Oh, well,
this is a really great question because
according to some very important laws of science,
no matter—no objects—can be completely destroyed or created.
So I think that those objects get turned into a big,
kind of
space soup of the most basic ingredients of all life.
And they just kind of swirl around in that
big pot of the black hole.
After that, I don’t really know.
Space soup? Space soup!
What do you think, friends?
What do you think happens
when something gets sucked into a black hole?
We’re going to talk about that and more in
today’s article called
Cosmic Wonders. Let’s get into our first reading for the day.
Cosmic Wonders
Exploring Black Holes: Our distant deep-space neighbors
With their extreme and strange properties, black holes have puzzled physicists since they confirmed their existence in 1971. Veiled in mystery, black holes push our
understanding of the universe to the limit.
So, what is a black hole?
Hi everyone, welcome to Language Lab. I’m Jack.
我們先來看 veil 這個字，在文章中是當動詞，意思是遮掩或是掩飾。
比如：
People often veil their excitement about new opportunities to avoid disappointment.
人們通常會掩飾對新機會的興奮感，以免失望。
Veil 如果當名詞，則是指「面紗」，
譬如：
The groom lifted the bride’s veil and kissed her as family and friends cheered.
在親友的歡呼聲中，新郎掀起新娘的面紗親吻她。
Veil 的形容詞是 veiled，加 -ed 變成 veiled，意思是「隱含的」。
譬如：
His comment, "You should be more careful, because you never know what can happen,"
felt like a veiled threat.
他說「你應該更小心，因為你永遠不知道會發生什麼事」，感覺像是隱含的威脅。
Friends, are you ready to talk about black holes?
I know I am.
Let’s start reading:
Exploring black holes, our distant deep space neighbors.
We have this word distant here. Let’s talk about that first.
If something is distant, it means that it is far away in space or time.
For example:
The mountains looked distant from where we stood.
Now, we also have this term deep space.
Dave, I went and looked up what exactly deep space is,
and it seems like there’s a little bit of an argument
as to how far out is deep space.
Yes, well, the issue is that space is really, really big.
So what constitutes—or what is considered—deep space
depends upon where you think that line of “really, really far out there” begins.
So, for some people, the idea of deep space
is the vast expanse beyond Earth’s atmosphere—outer space—
maybe anything farther than Mars.
Okay. Some people say that deep space is anything
farther out than Earth and our Moon.
But the idea here is that these are things that are really far away.
That’s right. Deep space is really far away,
and black holes are certainly very far away.
But we see that black holes really are something
that we don’t fully understand yet,
and they fill us with mystery.
Our reading begins with:
With their extreme and strange properties,
black holes have puzzled physicists
since they confirmed their existence in 1971.
Alright, let’s talk about this word extreme that we see here, friends.
In this situation, we’re talking about something that is very great
or far from normal.
Exactly. For example:
The hikers faced extreme weather conditions on their journey.
Now, we see something else here in this sentence, and it is physicists.
These are scientists that study physics.
And physics are things like energy and matter.
That’s right. So physicists are always trying to learn more
about black holes and other wonders of space.
I believe the physicist who first confirmed the existence of black holes in 1971
was a woman whose name I can’t remember,
but I believe her discovery was a black hole called Cygnus X-1,
which actually we can see—the stars that are part of that part of space—
when we look up in the summer sky.
Oh, that is really cool. I had no idea.
Now we read on here, friends:
Veiled in mystery, black holes push our
understanding of the universe to the limit.
Now, if you push something to the limit, what does that mean?
If you push something to the limit,
it means you’re in a situation where something or someone
has been extended beyond its endurance,
or its understanding, or its ability.
So, for example:
Marathon runners often push themselves to the limit
in order to complete their race.
They’re really tired at the end,
and they’ve been extended beyond their normal endurance.
That’s right. Oftentimes, it specifically means you’ve been pushed
beyond what you thought was possible for yourself.
So, when you push yourself to the limit,
it means you actually have an opportunity to learn more
about what you’re capable of.
And what are we pushing beyond the limit here in our article?
Our understanding of the universe.
Now we have a question here, friends:
What is a black hole?
Let’s find out in our next reading.
Cosmic Wonders
When an enormous star runs out of fuel at the end of its life cycle, gravity causes it to collapse inward, creating an incredibly dense core.
If the core is large enough, it collapses further into a black hole—a region where gravity is so strong, not even light can escape.
At the mysterious center of a black hole lies the singularity, a point where gravity becomes infinitely strong and the laws of physics as we know them break down.
Scientists have never directly observed a singularity because it lies beyond a boundary called the event horizon, where the speed required to escape the black hole’s gravitational pull exceeds the speed of light.
今天的 usage tip 是借細詞、片語或方向性的副詞 + 動詞 + 主詞句型。
當把表示所在地點的介系詞片語，或是具有方向性的副詞（例如 up、down）放在句首時，後面會以倒裝句形態呈現。
此句型通常所搭配的動詞是 lie、sit、stand（有「位於」的意思），或能展現出移動方向的 come 或 fall。
使用這種倒裝句是為了突顯地點或方向，或是因為需要對主詞做補充說明。
來看例句：
Down fell the rain, which forced the kids to cancel the soccer game.
下大雨，迫使孩子們取消了足球比賽。
What is a black hole? That is the question we are answering, friends.
Our article reads:
When an enormous star runs out of fuel at the end of its life cycle, gravity causes it to collapse inward, creating an incredibly dense core.
There are a lot of things we need to look at in this sentence.
Let’s talk first about the idea of gravity.
That’s right—gravity is the force that pulls objects toward each other.
For example, I’m standing here on the ground and not floating around with teacher Anne Marie because of the Earth’s gravity.
Exactly. Gravity is what keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth.
Orbit is a good word for you to remember, friends. We’ll talk about that in a moment.
Now, there’s something else we need to talk about in this sentence, and that is the word core.
When we’re talking about the core of something, we’re talking about the central or most important part.
Sometimes we’re literally talking about the most central or inner part of something.
That’s right. For example, the Earth’s core is made of hot, melted metal.
And this word will come up again if you stay tuned to our TRX article when we talk about the core of your body.
Exactly!
So what’s happening here? A star is running out of fuel. It’s at the end of its life cycle.
Then gravity makes it collapse inward. What happens next?
Well, this would be a good time for you to go back to some of your older SE issues and find our star article, which will give you more details.
But this article goes on to say that if the core is large enough, it collapses further into a black hole,
a region where gravity is so strong not even light can escape.
Oh my goodness.
We read on:
At the mysterious center of a black hole lies the singularity—a point where gravity becomes infinitely strong, and the laws of physics as we know them break down.
That’s right.
We see a really good word here: infinitely. It’s an adverb.
If something is infinite, it means it has no limits or end.
For example:
The universe seems infinitely large. It’s so large that it seems to have no end.
That’s right.
And we also see that because of this idea of infinite gravity, it’s very hard for us to understand.
The laws that we have of physics—those that govern how we think about all other things in the universe—just break down.
They don’t work the same as they used to.
Our lesson goes on to say that scientists have never directly observed a singularity,
because it lies beyond a boundary called the event horizon.
Now we see this word boundary here, and we need to talk about it.
Yeah, boundary is a line or limit that marks the edge of something.
For example:
The river forms the boundary between the two countries.
Now we see something else in the next part:
The speed required to escape the black hole’s gravitational pull exceeds the speed of light.
And light travels really, really fast.
This phrase includes the word gravitational.
Gravitational pull means something related to the force of gravity.
For example:
The planet’s gravitational pull keeps its moons in orbit.
black hole 無底深淵 天文學中的 Black hole（黑洞）會將周圍的物體吸入，連光都無法逃脫。
因此，black hole 經常被用來形容人們投入的資源或努力似乎都沒有任何結果或回報。
例如，如果有人說："That meeting was a black hole."
那就表示那場會議是浪費時間，沒有任何成果。
Black hole 也可代表沒有希望、陷入困境，是一種令人沮喪和困惑的經歷。
一件事情到底是不是 black hole，取決於一個人的評論與觀察角度。
只要用正面積極的態度去看事情，任何問題都可能找到解決的方法和答案。
這就是今天的 Info Cloud。下次雲端見！
Cosmic wonders Invisible to the naked eye, black holes can only be detected through indirect evidence, such as their gravitational influence on nearby objects.
Another way to spot a black hole is to look for its accretion disc—a mass of gas and dust that orbits the black hole at incredible speeds.
This high-speed orbit causes the matter to heat up and release radiation that can be detected by certain scientific instruments.
接下來來看 radiation 這個名詞，意思是 輻射 或是 放射線。
例如：
Microwaves use electromagnetic radiation to heat food.
微波爐使用電磁輻射來加熱食物。
或者：
The doctor recommended radiation therapy to shrink her cancerous tumor.
醫生建議她接受放射治療以縮小她的癌症腫瘤。
Radiation 的形容詞是 radiant，意思是 耀眼的、光芒四射的。
譬如：
Did you notice the hummingbird’s radiant red and green feathers?
你注意到蜂鳥身上耀眼的紅色與綠色羽毛了嗎？
Now friends, if you are interested in the speed of light,
you can check out the sidebar in your magazine and read all about it there.
But how does our lesson continue, Dave?
Well, we see that black holes are not easy to spot.
Invisible to the naked eye, black holes can only be detected through indirect evidence,
such as their gravitational influence on nearby objects.
Now, the phrase naked eye is something you’ll often hear when looking at the night sky
or trying to see something tiny.
It means unassisted vision, not using a telescope, microscope, or other device.
That’s right. If you're in a very dark place with dark skies,
you can see many objects in the sky with the naked eye.
Now there is a way to figure out where a black hole might be.
What does our lesson say next?
We see that you can find a black hole based on indirect evidence.
Another way to spot a black hole is to look for its accretion disc—a mass of gas and dust that orbits the black hole at incredible speeds.
There are several things to look at in this sentence.
First, the verb spot means to see or notice something.
For example:
He tried to spot his friend in the crowded room.
We also see the term accretion disc.
Yes, an accretion disc is something that orbits in a circular path around something—like a black hole.
Many space terms are borrowed from other contexts and applied differently.
The disc moves in a circle due to orbit, which means to move around something.
Think of it like the wind. You can’t see wind directly, but you know it’s there because trees sway.
Similarly, we see the effects of black holes, not the black holes themselves.
This high-speed orbit of matter and gas and dust forms the accretion disc,
which causes the matter to heat up and release radiation detectable by scientific instruments.
We’re still not seeing the disc directly—we’re seeing the energy it releases.
Heat up means something is becoming hot or is being made hot.
You might wonder, why isn’t all that matter getting pulled straight into the black hole?
Because of orbit—gravity causes matter to spiral inwards, not fall straight in.
And because gravity is so strong, it spins very quickly.
All right, friends. We have more to learn, so don’t go anywhere!
Now it’s time for today’s fun fact.
Hello, fact friends!
I’m Detective Ernest Finder, and here’s your fun fact:
Scientists have discovered only 37 potential black holes, and only 19 of these are confirmed.
Confirmed means we know for sure it’s a black hole.
But scientists estimate there may be 40 quintillion black holes—
that's 40,000,000,000,000,000,000!
That’s today’s fun fact—black holes are everywhere!
All right, friends.
I don’t know if you noticed, but the writer of this article is Dave Morton, who is here with us today.
And often when we write these articles at Studio Classroom,
not everything fits into the article, right?
No, certainly not.
One thing I didn’t have time to talk about was all the different sci-fi theories about what happens when you go into a black hole.
One of the most popular is that a black hole is actually like a portal or a door
that can zap you through space and time—to go back in time,
enter a different dimension, or travel deep into space.
I love that theory!
It’s one of the most fun ones I’ve heard.
Well friends, that’s all the time we have for today.
My name is Anne Marie,
And I’m David, and we’ll see you next time right here on
Studio Classroom.
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Hello, friends.
My name is Anne Marie, and today is a great day to learn something new.
So let’s do that together. I’m David, and you’re just in time for day two of our article called "Cosmic Wonders."
It’s time for us to learn even more about black holes.
That’s right!
And we had a lot of fun talking about that yesterday.
What’s your favorite black hole fact?
Mmm, so far,
I think my favorite black hole fact is the fact that you can’t actually see a black hole,
but you can see its effect on the objects around it.
That’s right! It’s just like the wind.
You know that the wind is real because you can see it blowing objects around,
but you cannot point to one thing and say, “Oh, that’s the wind.”
We have more to learn about black holes, including what might happen if you go through one.
So make sure you don’t go anywhere, friends.
Let’s get right into our first reading for the day.
Cosmic Wonders
Astronomers have found two kinds of black holes in the dark realms of deep space:
stellar black holes and supermassive black holes.
Welcome to Language Lab. I’m Jack.
我們來看 astronomer 這個名詞，意思是「天文學家」，
例如：Galileo is one of history’s most famous astronomers.
伽利略是史上最著名的天文學家之一。
名詞 astronomy 則是指「天文學」，
比如：I took an astronomy class in college and became an avid stargazer as a result.
我在大學修了一門天文學課程，因此成為了一個熱愛觀星的人。
它的形容詞是 astronomical，重音在第三音節，唸作 as-tro-nom-i-cal，
意思是「天文的」或「數量龐大的」，
例如：The cost of the park project was astronomical, far exceeding expectations.
這個公園的工程費用非常龐大，遠超出了預期。
Okay, thank you so much, Jack. Friends, let’s get right into it.
We read:
Astronomers have found two kinds of black holes in the dark realms of deep space.
Let’s stop there for just a moment before we move on and talk about what a realm is.
Realm is a fun word.
It’s just an area or region, which is often far away or imaginary.
I often see this word used when I’m reading fantasy novels.
A book might describe a realm of magic or a realm of mystery.
It’s an area that could be imaginary, and a lot of times it’s very far away.
That’s right. Now, within these realms of deep space, we see that there are two kinds of black holes:
stellar black holes and supermassive black holes.
Now, anytime you see the word stellar, friends, you know that it is related to stars.
Mm-hmm, that’s right.
Now, stellar black holes are kind of a little bit smaller.
But the supermassive black holes — those are the ones that are going to be extremely large or massive.
So, going back to that word stellar, you could say:
“I’m going out to explore the stellar world of the night sky,”
because it has to do with stars.
Now we see this word supermassive here as the other type of black hole.
And supermassive means just what it looks like — something that is extremely large or extremely massive.
That’s right.
Now we’re going to get a little bit more information about these later on,
but I think that supermassive black holes are...
You should check out some YouTube videos that show you the proportional sizes of these different things,
because we’re going to give you some numbers that are going to be really hard to wrap your mind around
when talking about how big these things are.
All right, well, we’ve introduced both types of black holes, friends,
and we are going to go into our next reading right now to learn a little bit more about them.
Cosmic Wonders
Stellar black holes are believed to be the most common.
The mass of a stellar black hole can be between three to dozens of times that of our Sun,
which has the mass of 330,000 Earths.
However, despite their great mass, stellar black holes are dense enough to fit inside a ball
with a diameter of about 16 kilometers.
Supermassive black holes are even more mind-boggling.
The most well-known of this variety, Sagittarius A*,
has a mass of over four million times that of the Sun
and lies at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy.
今天的 usage 特別來看倍數詞，也就是「是什麼的幾倍」。
例如：half, twice, three times, many times。
具體來說是：主詞 + 動詞 + 倍數 + 名詞，其中名詞是可測量的單位，例如 weight, length, height, size 或是 number 等等。
另一種句型是：
主詞 + 動詞 + 倍數 + as + 形容詞 + as，例如文章中的這一句：
The mass of a stellar black hole can be between three to dozens of times that of our Sun.
可以改寫為：
A stellar black hole can be between three to dozens of times as massive as our Sun.
再來看個例句喔：
Jupiter is eleven times as wide as the Earth but is only one-tenth the diameter of the Sun.
木星的寬度是地球的 11 倍，但直徑只有太陽的 1/10。
Okay, friends,
let’s start by talking about stellar black holes.
We see here: Stellar black holes are believed to be the most common.
And this next sentence here was our usage tip for the day.
That’s right.
The mass of a stellar black hole can be between three to dozens of times that of our Sun.
You know, real quick, I just thought — the word stellar is also often used like,
“This is great,” like:
“Oh wow, you did a stellar job on the speech contest!”
That’s a really great point. I have heard it used in that way as well.
Now there’s another great word that we need to take a look at in this sentence,
and that is the word mass.
Mass is talking about the amount of matter in an object.
Exactly. For example:
The Sun has a much greater mass than the Earth.
And we find out here in this sentence that the Sun has the mass of 330,000 Earths.
Whoa! Does that make your head spin or what?
I cannot even wrap my mind around these numbers.
That’s right.
And when we talk about something being massive,
it’s not always just about size — it’s about how much matter is packed into that one thing.
That’s when we’re talking about density, right?
That’s right, that’s right.
So going on, we see our reading goes on to say:
However, despite their great mass, stellar black holes are dense enough to fit inside a ball with a diameter of about 16 kilometers.
Okay, so before we talk about what that means,
let’s talk about some of the words in this sentence.
We see that word despite, friends,
and despite means that even though something else has happened or is true, this thing is also true.
That’s right. For example:
The runner finished the race despite feeling tired.
So in this example, both things are true:
She finished the race, but she also felt tired.
Even though she felt tired, she finished the race.
That’s right.
You also have this word diameter.
All right — the word diameter is the distance across a circle through its center.
That’s right. For example:
The diameter of a pizza is about 12 inches.
One of my favorite kinds of circles!
Oh yeah, me too.
All right, let’s talk about what this sentence means.
So, we’re seeing that these stellar black holes have great mass and they’re very dense.
That’s right.
Now remember:
These stellar black holes can be three to dozens of times that of our Sun.
The Sun has a mass of about 330,000 Earths.
That means a stellar black hole can be three to dozens of times more dense than that —
have more mass than that.
And for an idea —
Paris, the city of Paris, has a diameter of about 16 kilometers.
So try to imagine twelve times 330,000 Earths all packed into Paris.
Whoa! That sounds like a lot of mass.
That’s a lot of mass.
Now, we have something else to talk about here, friends,
and that is these supermassive black holes.
This is the second type of black hole.
That’s right.
Now, supermassive black holes are even more mind-boggling.
What a great term for us to know, friends.
If something is mind-boggling,
it means that it is overwhelming, startling,
or it’s so large and complicated that it’s very hard to imagine.
That’s right. For example:
For many students in the U.S.,
maybe after graduating from college,
they have a mind-boggling amount of debt.
Now, it seems like in this article,
there is a very well-known supermassive black hole.
That’s right!
This lovable supermassive black hole is in our very own galaxy — the Milky Way Galaxy.
The most well-known of this variety, Sagittarius A*, has a mass of over four million times that of the Sun and lies at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Now, of course, a galaxy is a huge group of stars, planets, and other matter in space.
And the name of our galaxy is the Milky Way.
That’s right.
The Milky Way is the galaxy we live in.
And the other galaxies nearby, like Andromeda,
also circle around space with us.
All right, so now we have identified both types of black holes.
But we still haven’t talked about what might happen if you go through one.
This is the most exciting part!
But I don’t know — if it’s going to take you to another dimension…
or take you back in time?
We will find out in just a moment,
right after today’s Info Cloud.
Hello everyone, welcome to Info Cloud!
Garrett, we are starting this show — what are you doing?
Oh, sorry! I’ll put my phone away.
I just got a text.
Every time there’s a notification on my phone,
I naturally want to look at it right away.
You’re drawn to your phone like a moth to a flame.
You don’t need to look at every message right away.
Yeah, you’re right. I need to change.
But moths don’t change much — that’s why we have that phrase.
You’re right.
Moths, and some other insects, are attracted to lights — like the light from a flame.
Yeah. Think of a lantern in the countryside at night.
It’s probably surrounded by flying bugs — they fly right to it.
Similarly, we use the phrase “like a moth to a flame”
to describe someone or something that’s naturally attracted to something —
especially if they can’t control that attraction.
Like a dog that naturally wants to chase a ball,
or a little kid who can’t resist a piece of candy.
Well, I don’t want to be that way with my phone.
I guess I’ll just turn off some of the notifications.
like a moth to a flame 表達強烈吸引，並沒有「飛蛾撲火」「自取滅亡」的含義
中文有一句成語「飛蛾撲火」，英文也有幾乎一模一樣的用語，但意思有點不一樣，那就是 like a moth to a flame。
Moth 就是飛蛾，flame 是火焰。
西方人會用 like a moth to a flame來形容一個人被某樣東西強烈地吸引，有時候甚至無法控制，就像飛蛾被光吸引一樣。
John is drawn to his phone like a moth to a flame.
John 很容易被手機吸引，無法自拔。
跟「飛蛾撲火」不同的地方是，like a moth to a flame 並沒有「自取滅亡」的含義，只是表達強烈吸引的意思。這就是今天的 Info Cloud，下次雲端見！
Cosmic Wonders Every known black hole is so far away
that space explorers will never get close to them.
But what if they did? Simply put,
their bodies would be torn apart in such a bizarre fashion
that physicists invented a word for it: spaghettification.
Spaghettification describes how an object is stretched and squeezed
into a long, thin shape by a black hole’s gravity
as it accelerates toward the core.
Astronomers are still investigating
what black holes do with the matter they consume.
But one thing is clear:
black holes will continue to be
one of the universe’s most puzzling phenomena.
接下來我們來看形容詞 bizarre，意思是「奇異的」或「罕見的」。
來看例句：
I visited a zoo filled with giant inflatable animals — a truly bizarre experience.
我參觀了一個到處都是巨型充氣動物的動物園，真是一次奇異的體驗。
或者：
The most bizarre coincidence was meeting a stranger who looked exactly like my sister.
最離奇的巧合是遇到一個和我姐姐長得一模一樣的陌生人。
Bizarre 的副詞是 bizarrely，意思是「怪異地」。
例如：
He played the instrument so bizarrely, I couldn’t believe it was real.
他演奏樂器的方式非常怪異，我不敢相信這是真的。
While after hearing this next sentence in the last part of our reading,
I feel a little disappointed.
Yes, indeed.
So we see here:
But every known black hole is so far away
that space explorers will never get close to them.
But this doesn’t stop us from imagining what might happen.
What if they did?
Well, simply put,
their bodies would be torn apart in such a bizarre fashion
that physicists have invented a word for it.
We’ll get to that word later. All right,
let’s talk about a few of the terms in this sentence first.
First, we see “simply put” at the beginning of this sentence.
This means that it’s a clear, direct, or easy way to explain something.
Yes. For example, someone might say:
“Simply put, the school’s search for a new math teacher is taking a long time.”
I get the idea that there’s a lot of backstory here
and a lot of things that have happened,
but we don’t want to go into the whole story.
So we say: Simply put, the search is taking a long time.
That’s right.
Now, the next word or phrase we’re going to look at is a little violent.
The phrase torn apart — to tear something apart is to completely pull it into pieces.
Here’s an example:
The old book was torn apart by time and use.
All right, now let’s get to that word, right?
Because we have a Language Lab word here — the word bizarre,
which is a very good word.
But we see right after that colon,
we’re going to be introduced to the word that physicists had to invent
to describe what happens when someone gets pulled into a black hole —
according to their theories —
and that word is spaghettification.
Spaghettification.
So I hear the word spaghetti in this.
Spaghetti is that really long type of noodle that’s very thin.
That’s right — it’s exactly what it is.
Spaghettification is the stretching and squeezing of objects
as they’re being pulled into a black hole.
Ah, and why does this happen?
It’s because of the black hole’s tremendous gravitational pull.
Moving on in our reading, we see:
Spaghettification describes how an object is stretched and squeezed
into a long, thin shape by a black hole’s gravity
as it accelerates toward the core.
Ah! So I think to understand spaghettification better,
we need to define this word accelerate.
If you accelerate, it means you’re going faster,
or making something happen more quickly.
Often, acceleration increases over time —
you start to accelerate, and then things start to build faster and faster.
That’s right. For example:
The race car accelerated to an amazing speed after it left the starting line.
Okay, so let’s go back to spaghettification for a moment,
and let’s talk about exactly what’s happening again.
Does this mean that if you go through a black hole,
you would look like spaghetti when you’re done?
It’s possible!
It’s possible that what would happen is that
you would go into the black hole as a long, thin noodle —
maybe even just one atom thick — like a piece of spaghetti.
So it’s not a lot of different pieces of spaghetti —
you’re really just one noodle?
I believe you would just stay as one noodle... maybe.
But who knows?
This is very interesting.
All right, we have a little bit more to learn here, friends.
Let’s continue reading:
Astronomers are still investigating what black holes do with the matter they consume.
Now, when we talk about matter, friends,
we’re talking about anything that takes up space and has weight.
That’s right. For example:
Everything around us is made of matter.
I brought this word up earlier,
I think on our first day, when saying that
there’s a law in physics that says that no matter can be created or destroyed —
it’s all just moved around in different ways and forms.
The amount of matter in the universe remains constant.
That’s right.
All right, we have one more sentence to read here.
Would you like to do the honors, Dave?
I would love to!
But one thing is clear:
Black holes will continue to be one of the universe’s most puzzling phenomena.
Why do you think that black holes will be one of the most puzzling?
I think it’s because, for one thing,
we’ll probably never be able to get close enough to one — because they’re so far away.
And I think the mystery of what happens beyond that event horizon
will always escape our best attempts and theories.
I hope that as time goes on,
physicists can learn more about black holes,
and we can get even more information about them.
We’re going to talk more about that in just a moment, friends.
But first, let’s go to today’s Fun Fact.
Hello, Fact Friends!
I am Detective Ernest Finder,
and I have a fun black hole fact for you today!
Did you know black holes are so strong that they can bend time?
Wait — hang on, what’s happening?
But it’s true! Because black holes can bend light,
time is also affected.
Time is also affected... what’s going on?!
And that is today’s fun black hole fact!
All right, I have a question for you, Dave, as we finish this article.
All right — it’s our "Talk About It" question.
I’m ready.
If you could survive spaghettification, would you still want to visit a black hole?
Absolutely.
You would?! You would want to be turned into a long, thin noodle?
I mean, the assumption is that I could be de-spaghettified
maybe on the other end, or later on.
Just imagine! Why would I turn down the chance to:
Experience life as a piece of spaghetti, and
Maybe even gain a deeper understanding of what happens beyond the mysterious event horizon?
But what if you would never return to your original form after turning into a piece of spaghetti?
Would you still do it?
Oh... that’s very... I don’t know then.
Well, how would I come back and tell all my friends what happened?
Spaghetti can’t just talk, right?
I know! What about you, friends?
Do you think you would go through a black hole if you could survive spaghettification?
Talk about that in English!
That’s all the time we have for today.
My name is Anne Marie.
And I’m David.
And we’ll see you next time — right here on Studio Classroom!
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