{"product_id":"2940044896659","title":"Astronomical Wonders","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn our universe, the dark chest of wonders\u003cbr\u003eOf Possibility and Probability opened up\u003cbr\u003eIn just the just right way:\u003cbr\u003eNaked quarks spewed forth,\u003cbr\u003eAmong other things,\u003cbr\u003eAnd boiled and brewed\u003cbr\u003eInto one of the steamiest broths\u003cbr\u003eEver cooked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey somehow simmered and combined\u003cbr\u003eInto the ordinary matter\u003cbr\u003eOf protons and neutrons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuite independently,\u003cbr\u003eBy some unknown means,\u003cbr\u003eDark matter\/energy arose, as well,\u003cbr\u003eIn just the right mix, and, luckily, too,\u003cbr\u003eSome very long filaments,\u003cbr\u003eCalled cosmic strings,\u003cbr\u003eFormed and survived long enough\u003cbr\u003eTo be useful as collection agents;\u003cbr\u003eThey were merely imperfections,\u003cbr\u003eAs in an unevenly freezing pond—\u003cbr\u003eA kind of a cooling flaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, ‘fortunately’,\u003cbr\u003eThe cosmic strings attracted,\u003cbr\u003eBy their gravity,\u003cbr\u003eBoth dark and ordinary matter,\u003cbr\u003eWhich, in turn,\u003cbr\u003eAttracted even more of the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese pearls of embryonic galaxies aroseAnd were strung along these cosmic necklaces,\u003cbr\u003eAs can still be noted today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo it was\u003cbr\u003eThat some almost incidental irregularities,\u003cbr\u003eFrozen out as cosmic anchors,\u003cbr\u003eWere latched onto by matter, both light and dark,\u003cbr\u003eThe proportionate portions of which were favorable,\u003cbr\u003eThe dark matter dwarfing our ordinary matter\u003cbr\u003eFor some reason of a happy ‘circumstance’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFortuitously, as well,\u003cbr\u003eAnti-matter, if there ever was any,\u003cbr\u003eDid not fully cancel out the uncle-matter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austin P. Torney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077937742064,"sku":"2940044896659","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044896659_p0.jpg?v=1763966021","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044896659","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}