Ever wondered what would happen if you fell into a black hole?
In quantum mechanics, time as we understand it cannot end as systems perpetually change and evolve.
In a white hole, matter and time dont end.
A black hole simulation.© Ute Kraus, Physics education group Kraus, Universität Hildesheim, Space Time Travel, (background image of the milky way: Axel Mellinger), CC BY-SA 2.0 DE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/deed.en), via Wikimedia Commons
As the theoretical opposite of a black hole, it could be where time starts.
Its a highly abstract notion of an observer but it could happen, in theory, Gielen explained.
We propose that time is measured by the dark energy that is everywhere in the Universe, he added.
This is the pivotal new idea that allows us to grasp the phenomena occurring within a black hole.
Lets return to the original question: what would happen if you fell into a black hole?
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