When stars get old they start to die,
And many theories thus defy.
From neutron star to small black hole,
They take a new and dimmer role.
Chandrasekhar mass of one point four,
White dwarf stars can have no more.
Once they shined like our bright sun,
Their hot life is nearly done.
Circumference must be just right
For this shrinking neophyte.
If its mass it can control,
It becomes a new black hole.
Horizon forms, a perfect sphere.
Nothing gets out once past here.
Space so warped that rules are changed,
All our thinking's rearranged.
If you go there, don't drop in,
'cause you'll get so long and thin.
Time stands still in this strange place.
The steps you take you can't retrace.
You might see some quantum foam,
Like very tiny honeycomb.
It shows up at Planck dimension,
If you have the comprehension.
Well, there's only one more thing.
Hope I find an opening.
Wormhole midst the quantum foam,
Maybe it'll take me home.
Author notes
Space, black holes, time warps - fascinating stuff. Love it!
Written June 10th, 2004
In a list
A contest entry
- The Final Frontier by Goldmare.
300 points, ended June 16, 2004, 9 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
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Did you really have to remind me of science on my lazy day?
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An amusing and scientific write. I rather enjoyed it. No wonder you've gotten your work published...
~Chaotic Decorum~
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o_O
Y'know, I was going over my old contests and decided to reread this one, and realized... I never commented!
I gave you the gold, sure, but I never even commented... so weird.
I absolutely loved this, both poetic and scientifically accurate (as far as anyone can tell, at least, since some of this is still just unproven, but logical, theories). Just what I was going for when I created the contest!
I also learned new things (especially with Saint-Laurent's comment). That's always fun. And, as usual, impeccible rhyming. The humourous touch at the end with the wormhole was just the cherry on top (so-to-speak... I'm really not that fond of cherries).
So, I'm, what, three years after the fact? Whatever, it was a great write, and I loved it (and still do). ^_^ I'm actually rather surprised that it only has two old applauses, too, so I'll add a couple more in.
~ Goldmare
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I didn't notice it before, but I also like your picture of the neutron star, crazy spinning ball of neutrons, did you know that if we had one floating a mile above the Earths surface that Earth would be wrapped around it and crushed to about an inch thick in less then a second? I love space stuff, thanks for writing such great poetry on it.
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Spacey
I love black holes!! I love space, this poem is so nerdy, yet it is awesome. It rhymes and it is scientifically quite accurate. What could possiblely be more poetic than a gaint star imploading, then exploding and then forming a black hole? And other people write about love and the such. This is where the real stuff is happing! Huge space stuff, now I'm all excited and want to write my own poem about freaky space stuff. -
Woah... I must do research now. It all makes sense, you describe the creation of the black hole, and then immerse the reader into it. They say that once you enter the event horizon, time does, in fact, stand still. I think, that this is a great hypothesis of the actual experience of being drawn into a black hole...
I wonder what would happen if we dumped a bunch of antimatter into a black hole.... O.o -
So then that means according to modern theory; I was born at Plancks Dimension?
This was so absorbing I was riveted .. it reminds me of "Billions and billions and billions" but cannot remember his name. -
This is definently one for the nerds, hurray!. For non-techy people an clumbsy attempt to clarify:
1 neutron star/black hole are different stages in a stars
life time it cant take depending on how heavy it initially
was
2 and 3
Chandrasekar was an indian physicst who demonstrated
theoretically that if a star has mass more than 1.4 of the
sun, it will collapse into what we know as a blackhole.
4 Discusses poetically the creationof a black hole and how
even the fastest thing in the universe, light, cannot
escape it's pull. All our thinking is rearranged
refers to our incredible ignorance about the exotic
creature that is a blackhole about what happens "inside" it
5 Gravity diminishes with distance, with a pull as strong as a
black hole the difference in the pull at your head and to
your feet would spaghettify you.
6 We all know what foam looks like with all it's little
bubbles. According to modern theory there is no such thing as
a vacaum, particles are being created and destroyed all the
time at the tiniest levels of space and time, thus the foam.
Plancks dimension is the scale at which weird things are
thought to happen but our experimental tools are not subtle
enough to explore.
7 Just too crazy too explain.
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Wow, I'm impressed that I'm impressed. You did a lovely job here and I am not a great fan of rhyming poetry, so that's saying something. Your subject is fascinating and your knowledge is obvious, very well done. Thank you for your kind comments on Emma and Molly, they were much appreciated
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Congratulations on the gold Paul, I'm impressed with your knowledge of the universe and your ability to put it in poetic form. Nicely done. Take care and Have fun. Steve
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Thanks for the very entertaining science lesson. I'm not a scientist, but I recognized a lot of the vocabulary. Good flow!
Jennifer -
yes, it is very fascinating stuff, as is this poem. this was a very enjoyable read and deserves a win.
Lea
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You've done it again!
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Out of this world~
You know alot of stuff don't you! This was such a cute poem, and I think I learned a few things too..I hope..hehe. Good luck in the contest, you'll do great!
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Way to educate and rhyme at the same time prowley!
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Fasinating stuff indeed. Just when i thought I was going to take a break from physics I read this poem jk... I think it's great love the rhyme scheme as usual
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Seraph -
Very good! As far as I can tell, your physics is pretty accurate. I'll be very interested to see how non-sciencey-people respond to this one.
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