{"id":486,"date":"2023-03-21T11:50:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T11:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/?p=486"},"modified":"2023-03-21T11:50:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T11:50:18","slug":"gateway-to-infinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/?p=486","title":{"rendered":"Gateway to Infinity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW40272906 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40272906 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">I make my way towards the odd-looking tube, luster reflecting off its glass like a beam of sunshine. The world sinks around me as my eyes reach the cylindrical portal to the ever-<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40272906 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">extending sky. My fingers orbit the metallic ledge in which this scope, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40272906 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">exhibiting<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40272906 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> the beginning of time, extends to. I suddenly envision my place in the universe, painted in multicolor traces of gas transcending our <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40272906 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">perception<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40272906 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> of light. Billions of constellations and galaxies I once thought hidden away seem reachable in the glimpse of a moment. As I close my eyes, the sentiment of the unknown encloses me.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW40272906 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I make my way towards the odd-looking tube, luster reflecting off its glass like a beam of sunshine. The world sinks around me as my eyes reach the cylindrical portal to the ever-extending sky. My fingers orbit the metallic ledge in which this scope, exhibiting the beginning of time, extends to. I suddenly envision my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/?p=486\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gateway to Infinity&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[39],"class_list":["post-486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-short-stories"],"authors":[{"term_id":39,"user_id":12,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mhamedtaik","display_name":"M'hamed Taik","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28445226b8a1211c44f492f3339658d94c787b21c55d0212cb481c851c7054f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Taik","first_name":"M'hamed","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":487,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions\/487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=486"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trove.aui.ma\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}