Saturday 1 September 2007

M87, time-space connections

 
M87 (also known as Messier 87, Virgo A or NGC 4486) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy. It was discovered in 1781. At the core is a supermassive black hole, which forms the primary component of an active galactic nucleus. There are important observations in the years 1918, 1919, 1922, 1956, 1999 and 2006.

In the year 1999, from images taken by the Hubble Telescope, the speed of the jet of M87 was measured, resulting in relativistic terms, four to six times the speed of light.

Gamma rays are the most energetic in the electromagnetic spectrum: more than a million times more powerful than visible light. The flow of gamma rays from M87 has been increasing since the year 1999 until reaching a climax in 2006, with an intensity about 50 times higher, moment from which it has been decreasing considerably.


Einstein-Rosen Bridges (wormholes)

"Il Mare" is a 2000 South Korean film, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Jung-jae. The title, Il Mare, means 'The Sea' in Italian, and is the name of the seaside house which is the setting of the story. The Korean title, siworae is the Korean pronunciation of Chinese characters "時越愛," which means "time-transcending love." The two protagonists both live there two years apart in time, but are able to communicate through a mysterious post box. The film was remade by Warner Brothers starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves and released in 2006 as 'The Lake House'." (Wikipedia: Il Mare)

The observations of the supermassive black hole in M87 in the years 1999 and 2006, clashed with movies like "The Kid" (2000), "Family Man" (2000), "Pay it Forward" (2000), "Frequency" (2000), "The Lake House" (2006, remake of "Il Mare" South Korean film of 2000), "Déjà vu" (2006), "Tomb Raider: Legend" (PS2, 2006), showing moments that seem in a row, but in fact they are very separate from one another. The almost instantaneous view of M87's time-space connections, makes it possible to perceive very clearly how possible futures vary according to the actions that are carried out in the present, or vice versa, how the actions in the past have consequences in the future.

At the intro of the video game "Tomb Raider: Legend" (PS2, 2006), there is a flashback sequence in which Lara appears, as a nine years girl, traveling with her mother in a small plane colliding in the Himalayas, leaving them as the only two survivors. After taking shelter in the ruins of an ancient temple, Lara, while looking for firewood, discovers an ornate stone that holds a sword. Without realizing it, she activates ancient artifact, through which a light can be seen. Her mother speaks to someone on the other side of the portal until she removes the sword from the stone and disappears in the middle of a flash of light, in front of Lara's eyes, her little daughter.

"Tomb Raider Legend" (PS2, 2006) [1]

At the end of the video game, Lara, age about twenty-one, uses the Excalibur sword to reopen the portal and discover what happened to her mother. She realizes that the portal expands time and that she is seeing her mother, on the other side of the portal, moments before her disappearance. She tries to speak to her by saying "I am Lara, your daughter", but her mother does not recognize her as an adult and believes, instead, that she refers to her little daughter who is right nearby. At that moment, Amanda wake up and shouts to Lara: "Pull out the sword, or else, the portal will explode!". Lara's mother hears this from the other side of the portal and --thinking she was telling to her-- pulls out the sword, concerned about her little daughter. Doing so, she activates the transfer mechanism and disappears. Amanda criticizes Lara for missing the opportunity to use the portal. While Lara, very angry, realizes that it was Amanda, involuntarily, responsible for the apparent loop of causality that fell on her mother.

"Tomb Raider Legend" (PS2, 2006) [2]