"This artist's concept depicts a supermassive black hole at the centerof a galaxy. NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer found evidence that blackholes -- once they grow to a critical size -- stifle the formation ofnew stars in elliptical galaxies. Black holes are thought to do this byheating up and blasting away the gas that fuels star formation. The blue color here represents radiation pouring out from material veryclose to the black hole. The grayish structure surrounding the blackhole, called a torus, is made up of gas and dust. Beyond the torus,only the old red-colored stars that make up the galaxy can be seen.There are no new stars in the galaxy."
"Event Horizon"
A sneeze; a gull; an argument; a trip; a finger bleeding from an envelope whose clasp turned out to be sharp as a knife so blood welling from my sudden cut spots the page before I open it; a leaking fountain pen; a piece of fruit whose juice runs down my chin; the dolphin charm on my new bracelet snagging in a lace shawl as I turn the page. Remorseless foreground, no one thing more real than any other.
--Reachel Hadas
theatlantic.com/doc/200808/poem-horizon [theatlantic.com/doc/200808/poem-horizon] From the page, "Reachel Hadas's most recent collection of poems is River of Forgetfulness (2006). She teaches at Rutger's University."
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