white hole
noun
: a hypothetical extremely dense celestial object that radiates enormous amounts of energy and matter compare black hole sense 1
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That myriads of tiny white holes could be passing through the Earth at any time.
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2024
The crater, a white hole in the turf grass at the age of the children’s court, is adjacent to a shelter that the municipality put there just last week, said Amr, who was one of the first responders when the rocket hit Saturday.
—Cnaan Lidor, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
To a casual observer, a white hole is indistinguishable from a black hole.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2024
In the film, it’s theorized that Godzilla’s cells made their way to space, a result of his previous battles with Biollante or Mothra, and entered a black hole, before emerging from a white hole and evolved by developing the crystalline structure of the organisms surrounding him.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2023
The researchers suggest that the strong curvature of spacetime near the center of a black hole extends into the future, which is structured like a white hole, or a blackhole in reverse.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2023
Maybe that’s the only kind of white hole our universe allows: the one that spawned it.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2019
At that point, Rovelli and Haggard propose, the star will bounce back and reverse, turning into a white hole instead: an outward gush of matter and energy.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2014
The mathematics is largely similar for talking about a white hole’s emissions and the Big Bang’s creations.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2019
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2024
The crater, a white hole in the turf grass at the age of the children’s court, is adjacent to a shelter that the municipality put there just last week, said Amr, who was one of the first responders when the rocket hit Saturday.
—Cnaan Lidor, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
To a casual observer, a white hole is indistinguishable from a black hole.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2024
In the film, it’s theorized that Godzilla’s cells made their way to space, a result of his previous battles with Biollante or Mothra, and entered a black hole, before emerging from a white hole and evolved by developing the crystalline structure of the organisms surrounding him.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2023
The researchers suggest that the strong curvature of spacetime near the center of a black hole extends into the future, which is structured like a white hole, or a blackhole in reverse.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2023
Maybe that’s the only kind of white hole our universe allows: the one that spawned it.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2019
At that point, Rovelli and Haggard propose, the star will bounce back and reverse, turning into a white hole instead: an outward gush of matter and energy.
—Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2014
The mathematics is largely similar for talking about a white hole’s emissions and the Big Bang’s creations.
—Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2019
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“White hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20hole. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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