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It is the year 2563 on planet Earth. Maya’s family owns a rocket ship. But she is not
allowed to use it. Not without a grown-up. Ava really wants to see Pluto. She is Maya’s
best friend and loves everything about space and astronomy. She wants Maya to fly her
to Pluto.

Maya reluctantly agrees. Her brother Reyhaan
My parents will tags along. The three friends soar off from
be angry.
Please! Please, Earth on a hot summer night. Ava bounces with
please! excitement.

They’re out for
the weekend, and
it’s not that far to
Pluto. We’ll be back
before your parents
return.

The friends stare at the screen.
Suddenly, there is a loud beeping. It’s the computer.

But I can’t see
No, look! The stars anything.
in Orion’s Belt
Alert! Alert! Heavy are no longer in a
object pulling ship straight line.
off course!
I...I...I think we are
near a black hole. The
gravitational field of the
black hole is bending the
astronomy: the branch of science that
deals with celestial objects, space, and light of the stars near it,
the physical universe as a whole like a lens bends light that
gravitational field: the region of passes through it.
space surrounding a body in which
another body experiences a force of
gravitational attraction
Orion’s Belt: a group of three stars
forming a particular pattern

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