rick@rochester.UUCP (Rick Floyd) (12/18/83)
Those of you who have read stories about the galaxy being sucked into a black hole in it's centre, exploding galactic cores, etc., will probably find the following (excerpted from the New York Times) interesting: "NEW YORK - Observations with 27 antennas strung out in a large Y pattern in New Mexico have charted the heart of the Milky Way galaxy in great detail for the first time. The resulting images reveal three curving streams of gas that some astronomers believe are falling into a black hole at the very center. "... One or more rings of gas flying outward from the inner region of the galaxy have been described as "smoke rings" generated by explosions in the core...." Anyone with ideas on how to get out of here? rick floyd uucp: (seismo | allegra)!rochester!rick arpa: rick@rochester
rpw3@fortune.UUCP (12/20/83)
#R:rocheste:-421700:fortune:9900012:000:210 fortune!rpw3 Dec 19 21:40:00 1983 How to escape our galaxy's blow-up (black hole at center, etc, etc,)? See Larry Niven, "Ringworld", "Ringworld Engineers", "Tales of KNown Space", and whatever the novel was that was the short story "Rammer".
UC.ART%MIT-EECS@sri-unix.UUCP (12/21/83)
From: Arturo Perez@MIT-EECS <UC.ART@MIT-EECS> I'm glad we have so much time to in which to learn how to get out of here and to do so. What is it about 30,000 years? Have Fun!
okie@ihuxs.UUCP (B.K. Cobb) (12/21/83)
Niven's short story "Rammer" became the novel "World Out Of Time." Interestingly enough, the novel hinges on going *to* the black hole rather than trying to escape its effects. Bizzare and fascinating tale. B.K. Cobb