Original sentence: The quantum effects local to the star combined with the massive force of the explosion, which Capa speculated could exist beforehand, slow local time long enough for Capa to reach out and touch the star's surface
Edited sentence: The quantum effects local to the star combined with the massive force of the explosion, which Capa speculated could exist beforehand, slow local time long enough for Capa to reach out and touch the star's surface (inexplicably and illogically stopping all other physical matter in its tracks but allowing him freedom of movement)