At the edge of the solar system stretched a long, luminous white galaxy pieced together from fragments of planets. Flecks of light in every color shimmered within it, like a vast river or an endless rainbow.
At the galaxy’s far end was a strange black hole, where time seemed to stand still. A planet shaped like an axe blade was embedded deep in the black hole, motionless.
Thousands of years later, human civilization arose. When people looked up at the stars and saw this scene, they could not help marveling at the grandeur of the early universe, awestruck by its scale and their own smallness.
