The Alien Artifact

A voyager, from beyond the boundaries of space and time, enters the universe, at a gateway, at the center of the universe, and voyages to the far reaches of the universe, but, on its exploration of the galaxy, crashes into the surface of the Earth.Archaeologists discover it, millions of years later, beneath the ruins of a castle, over a sea cliff.They take it away, on a ship, and they soon start to discover that it is far more than they thought.They unveil its strange, perfectly symmetrical, black structure, from under the rock encrusting it.It has a small flying saucer shape, but, with its force field on, it resembles a block of black stone.In a museum, the mechanism to open the entrance is unknowingly activated, and the small hole that mysteriously appears in it reveals that it is a form of alien artifact.A silver sphere in it gives out telepathic visions of the records of its voyage. It produces visions from beyond the galaxy stars. A map of the universe shows them the course that it took. It starts at a place at the center of the universe, which it refers to as the center of space.Another silver sphere gives them telepathic control of it, and they learn many of its functions, including that it has artificial intelligence.Previously published as From Beyond Space and Time (under a different format).