Do 'White Holes' exist?

[Notedstrangeperson]

I thought this might be interesting -

From i09.com: "Is it possible we've found the first white hole?"
This is the only link I have at the moment. I fear if I type in "white holes" on google I'll end up with interracial pornography.

I know slightly less than nothing about physics, but if white holes do exist could this mean black holes act like 'wormholes' rather than destroying information?

 

[AV1611VET]

I thought this might be interesting -

As usual, it's hypothetical (meaning it's scientific) -- but here's the 411:

A white hole, in general relativity, is a hypothetical region of spacetime which cannot be entered from the outside, but from which matter and light may escape. In this sense it is the reverse of a black hole, which can be entered from the outside, but from which nothing, including light, may escape.

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[Nabobalis]

As usual, it's hypothetical (meaning it's scientific) -- but here's the 411:

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As AV said, it is predicted by General Relativity, but whether we find one is a different matter.

 

[Notedstrangeperson]

My only source, i90.com says:

A gamma ray burst back in 2006 didn't fit with our understanding of where they come from - its long duration (102 seconds) meant that it had to be created in a supernova explosion, and yet there were no supernovas there for it to have come from. Its discoverers actually said that "this is brand new territory; we have no theories to guide us."​

This might, just might be one of the first sightings of a white hole. We get the occasional physicist here and I was hoping someone could explore it.

 

[Jazer]

I fear if I type in "white holes" on google I'll end up with interracial pornography.

Why do you have your google safe search turned off? I think you would have to type in white ho to get porn on google. But as long as your safe search is turned on then it should not be a problem.

 

[rjc34]

Why do you have your google safe search turned off? I think you would have to type in white ho to get porn on google. But as long as your safe search is turned on then it should not be a problem.

With safesearch that would probably give you a whole bunch of pictures of white gardening tools

 

[DontTreadOnMike]

As always, I've got to say that I'm a layman, but I have asked a scientist this very question and the answer she gave me can be summed up like this: "They're permitted by the math, but no, probably not."

 

[DontTreadOnMike]

As usual, it's hypothetical (meaning it's scientific) -- but here's the 411:

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Just to expand a bit, a hypothesis is scientific but that doesn't mean it has evidence for it yet. In fact it probably means there isn't much evidence for it yet.

Basically a hypothesis is what creationists think a theory is , its an educated guess. A theory has lots and lots of evidence, a hypothesis doesn't.

White holes are hypothetical objects that are permitted by the theory of general relativity but have no evidence to support their actual existence and probably don't actually exist.

 

[Jazer]

With safesearch that would probably give you a whole bunch of pictures of white gardening tools

Actually that is the beginning of Science. The Bible says: "there was not a man to till the ground." Science talks about a transition from food gather to food producer. The hoe a very basic and simple tool is an instrumental part of that transition. Esp for irrigation to get water to the plants. So a hoe was something you needed to go out and produce food.