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james neuman
Rushville, IN
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Student - A.B. in Physics, Ivy Tech Community College

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What if Black-holes are big bangs in their own universe

what if the singularity of black holes is actually a big bang in another universe paralleled to ours in a sea of muliverses.

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Mark Hurych
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Feb 15 2012: Black holes are supposed to have a lifespan--perhaps a good portion of the age of the universe. They could be a portal to anything. Most interesting to me is the idea that time stops dead in its tracks past the event horizon. Actually its more like trying to explain what happens to a fraction when the denominator is exactly (not merely approaching) zero. Just because we can't define it in everyday terms, we just throw up our hands and say who knows.

But I love the whatifiness of the question. OK. Let's do the impossible, and we cross the barrier of the event horizon and time stops for us. Then in some nearly infinite time in the future as measured from the outside, we emerge.

I see a time machine with a future setting on the nearly infinite future. Hmmm. Humanity's extinguished itself nihilistically. Rats. Let's try a parallel universe this time. Just maybe they have Ben and Jerry's and it's non-fattening. Worth a shot.

Thank you Mr. Neuman,
Mark
Richard Krooman 30+
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Feb 15 2012: Doesn't really fit well with all of the radiation comming out of black holes though?
At least I heard somewhere that black holes give off massive amounts of radiation... maybe I heard wrong though, I don't really remember where I heard it from.

But if you're right.... then we still have to see how deep the rabbit hole really goes ;)
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  - Richard Krooman 30+
    
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    Feb 15 2012: ah ok, so it's a theory of Stephen Hawking that there is radiation. But it's not proven... than I do probably know where I've seen it :)
    As I've seen a bbc mini series about him and his theories. Was pretty interresting :)
    
    Thx for pointing it out to me
  - Richard Krooman 30+
    
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    Feb 16 2012: well if it made it to Star Trek theres no denying the absolute thruth of it.... You know that it's made in the future and then sent back in time to air in our day and age right? :)
    
    I'm not sure what you're trying to show Pratyeka... You counter an unproven theory by saying I should imagine something?
    It sais on wikipedia that the theory is yet to be (dis)proven... so that kinda means that they just don't know what happens.
Xavier Belvemont 10+
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Feb 14 2012: White hole theory is essentially what you're talking about.
Its the idea where the matter and energy taken from our universe into a black hole leaves out of an opposing side, much like a funnel.
Its an interesting idea, but I'm not sure of the scientific perspective on it at present.
David Hamilton 20+
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Feb 14 2012: That has always made more sense than anything else to me. I think matter is expanding at a constant speed, and Tesla may have been right about the ether though... So, I'm not an "expert"
Krisztián Pintér 100+
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Feb 14 2012: what if?