
Popular Recordings Featuring a Black Hole
'To the Quasar' by Arjen Lucassen (2000)
The Science Traveling through a black hole is a popular concept in science fiction (and, apparently, progressive metal), but it just doesn't work. Anything that enters a black hole is eventually pulled apart by the tidal forces, then its atoms are crushed into a new form of existence as they reach the overpowering gravitational field of the singularity. |
'Cygnus X-1' by Rush (1977)
In the constellation of Cygnus There lurks a mysterious, invisible force The Black Hole Of Cygnus X-1 Six Stars of the Northern Cross In mourning for their sister's loss In a final flash of glory Nevermore to grace the night.... Invisible To telescopic eye Infinity The star that would not die All who dare To cross her course Are swallowed by A fearsome force Through the void To be destroyed Or is there something more? Atomized -- at the core Or through the Astral Door -- To soar.... Words by Neil Peart |
Bob & Doug MacKenzie's 'Black Holes' (1981)
Bob: You know, like, when you get an album, in between the cuts there's, like, uh, dark black grooves with nothin' in 'em?
Doug: Yeah.
Bob: Those are called "black holes." And that's where all the rest of the song gets sucked in. And that's why there's nothing there. So that's that for today.
Doug: Geez, for a guy who flunked out of grade 8 you're starting to sound more like a scientist every day.
Bob: Well, that's 'cause of Star Trek.
Doug: Oh yeah, that was a great show.
Bob: Yeah. Editor's note: Astronomers have not confirmed this theory. |