Chapter 7

7 The light faded again. But this time there was a glow. It was the purple marbles! They were floating and slowly circling the room. The large black ball was floating, too! But Pablo, Violet, and Deepak could barely see it. The sheet was also glowing, but it was now green. "That's so cool!" said Pablo. His face was tinted purple from the light of the marbles. "What are those?" asked Deepak.

灯光又暗了下来。但这一次有一个光芒。 是紫色的弹珠！他们漂浮着，在房间里慢慢地转着圈。 那个大黑球也在漂浮着！但巴勃罗，维奥莱特和迪帕克几乎看不见。 床单也在发光，但现在是绿色的。 “太酷了！”巴勃罗说。 他的脸被弹珠的光线染成了紫色。 “那是什么？”迪帕克问。

"I bet the black ball represents the black hole," said Violet. "Space-tacular! You're correct," replied Dr. Crisp. She gave Violet a high five. "Are the two purple marbles asteroids?" asked Pablo. Before Dr. Crisp could reply, he interrupted. "I mean, comets! Maybe they're comets?" Pablo said with a half-smile. He rubbed the back of his head. He didn't want to give any more wrong answers.

“我打赌黑球代表黑洞，”维奥莱特说。 “Space-tacular !你说得对。” 脆。她跟维奥莱特击掌。 “那两个紫色的弹珠是小行星吗？”巴勃罗问。 克里斯普博士还没来得及回答，他就打断了我。 “我是说，彗星！”也许它们是彗星？”巴勃罗半笑着说。 他揉了揉后脑勺。 他不想再给出错误的答案了。

Dr. Crisp laughed. "Those marbles can be just about any space object you want." She clapped her hands twice. The floating purple marbles came to a sudden halt and zoomed toward her. She grabbed one in each hand. With a gentle flick of her wrists, Dr. Crisp sent the glowing marbles sliding along the sheet. They rolled to a stop near the opposite edge. "Unlike your friends and family back in the Newburg Meadow, space objects are always moving through dark energy. Even our planet Earth!" Dr. Crisp explained. She clapped her hands twice again and the balls flew back over to her. "And other objects that are nearby can affect the path they follow." "Like a black hole?" asked Deepak. "Exactly!" Dr. Crisp said. She clapped her hands four times. The large black ball floated toward the center of the sheet. It lowered until it was sinking into the middle.

克里斯普博士笑了。“这些弹珠几乎可以是你想要的任何太空物体。” 她拍了两次掌。 漂浮的紫色弹珠突然停了下来，向她飞来。 她一手抓了一个。 她的手腕轻轻一拍。 克里斯普让发光的弹珠沿着床单滑动。 他们在对面的边缘附近停了下来。 “与你在纽堡草地的朋友和家人不同，太空物体总是在暗能量中移动。 甚至我们的地球！”博士。 脆解释道。她又拍了两次手，球又飞回了她的身边。 “附近的其他物体会影响它们的路径。” “像黑洞一样？”迪帕克问。 “完全正确!”克里斯普博士说。 她拍了四下手。 那个大黑球飘向床单的中心。 它下降，直到下沉到中间。

"Okay, Makers," began Dr. Crisp. "Now it's time to put those magnificent minds to work! Try to figure out what black holes do to dark energy. That will help you figure out how they work." Then Dr. Crisp raised both hands above her head and shouted, "Ready, set, THINK!" Pablo, Violet, and Deepak examined the model space fabric. Violet bit her lip. "I don't know about you two, but I can't tell what the black hole is doing to the dark energy." Pablo had no idea, either. From what he could see, the model black hole was just sitting there. But he didn't want the others to know that. "Well, black holes suck up everything that gets close to them," said Deepak, tugging his ear. "Maybe black holes are like magnets!" Pablo suggested. "Maybe they attract space stuff that way?" Deepak paused and thought. "I'm not sure. But we can test it out!"

“好吧，创客们，”克里斯普博士开始说。 “现在是时候让这些伟大的头脑发挥作用了！”试着弄清楚黑洞对暗能量的影响。 这将帮助你弄清楚它们是如何工作的。” 接着，克里斯普博士把双手举过头顶，喊道：“准备，准备，思考！”巴勃罗、维奥莱特和迪帕克检查了太空织物模型。 维奥莱特咬着嘴唇。“我不知道你们俩怎么想，但我不知道黑洞对暗能量做了什么。” 巴勃罗也不知道。 从他所看到的来看，模型黑洞就在那里。 但他不想让其他人知道。 “嗯，黑洞会把靠近它的一切东西都吸走。”迪帕克说着，拽了拽自己的耳朵。 “也许黑洞就像磁铁！”巴勃罗。 “也许它们是这样吸引太空物质的？”迪帕克停下来想了想。 “我不确定。但我们可以测试一下！”

"Yeah!" added Violet. "We can put the space balls on the sides of the sheet. If a real black hole works like a magnet, then they should be pulled over to the model black hole," Violet explained. "Let's give it a try!" said Pablo. But when they put one of the marbles on the edge of the sheet, nothing happened. "Hmmmmm," said Deepak as he tugged his ear. "It didn't work." Pablo felt his chest deflate again. He needed to think of another idea. And fast. "Maybe black holes are like a vacuum! And suck up space stuff!" he said. "But that doesn't make sense," said Violet, shaking her head. "If black holes were like vacuums, then the marble would have still rolled toward it when we put it on the space fabric."

“是啊！”维奥莱特补充道。“我们可以把太空球放在床单的两侧。 如果一个真正的黑洞像磁铁一样工作，那么它们应该被拉到模型黑洞旁边，”维奥莱特解释说。 “我们试试吧！”巴勃罗说。 但是当他们把其中一颗弹珠放在薄片的边缘时，什么也没发生。 “嗯，”迪帕克一边说一边拽着自己的耳朵。 “没用。”巴勃罗感到他的胸脯又瘪了。 他需要想出另一个主意。 和快速。“也许黑洞就像真空！”吮吸太空的东西！”他说。 “但这说不通啊。”维奥莱特摇着头说。 “如果黑洞就像真空，那么当我们把大理石放在太空织物上时，它仍然会向它滚去。”

"Yeah, and we still don't even know what black holes are doing to the dark energy," added Deepak. He looked down at his Magnificent

“是的，我们甚至还不知道黑洞对暗能量做了什么，”迪帕克补充说。 他低头看着他的华丽