©2018
Garrison Clifford Gibson
There
are galaxies such as the Milky Way that have existed in various forms
from very early in the history, actually not to far after the
inception of the Universe. Some of the stars; fewer than 30%, are
remnants of that early age when the Universe was less than a half
billion years old. Red dwarf stars burn slowly and fade away at a
pace more slowly than the time required for the black hole called
Sagittarius A needs to consume all of the remaining stars of the
galaxy.
The
Milky Way resembles in form, a starfish with four main tentacles and
a few lesser that are irregularly structured with fractals of
millions of stars about which commonly, orbit planets from gas giants
to small rocky worlds. Sagittarius A is like a mouth at the center of
the tentacles drawing its arms back into itself for destruction. That
is, it is a masochistic self-hating nihilist bringing about its own
destruction, though it may well be that it envisions itself as a kind
of auto-immune disorder that will transform all normal mass into
something else, something greater, after it consumes and annihilates
everything that exists. In some respects a black hole is a role model
for the Aristarch class of human.
Because
of Newton’s inverse square law of gravity regarding distance and
force, or better put in terms of Einstein’s curvature of space
expressed in general relativity, the spiral arms of the Milky Way
swirl around the horrendous hungry mouth at the center of the
wonderful whirlpool drawing every bit of matter in the galaxy to
destruction; it is a predictable wheel of fortune with a predestined
end; unless the galaxy is lucky enough to be disrupted by collision
with another galaxy drifting into its path bringing millions of stars
in wrenching whipsaws tossed into reorganization like anarchic union
remnants placing themselves in new alignments of convenience. Destiny
may slingshot individual stars into extreme orbits beyond the edge of
the galaxy, even through the galactic halo into the darkness of true
intergalactic space.
Humanity's
search for sentient alien life had existed for several thousand years
already and none of that was ever found, for a simple reason.
Sentient life forms that were smart enough to reach beyond their own
biological nursery soon realized that the primary role of primitive
life that is the consumption of other life for its energy and
tastiness made concealment of their awakened intelligence from other
advanced species a priority if they were to survive. The latent
characteristics of all biological life may not disappear when it
achieved an advanced form of intelligence.
Species
that gambled with their existence and broadcast their development
loud and clear for the galaxy and Universe to encounter were soon
snuffed as rival sentient beings. Sometimes they were actually
consumed as new species of ate on alien menus. Sometimes newly
awakened species camouflaged their presence from the Universe and had
a good chance for survival. Though the Universe appeared devoid of
alien, sentient life, it was not. Many lived within double-hulled
spheres surrounding red dwarf stars that burned at 4000 degrees
Fahrenheit for eleven trillion years- fairly cheap and sustainable
batteries for warming worlds.
