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Carlo Rovelli: Life, the universe and white holes

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The Speculation of White Holes

In this chapter, they discuss the concept of white holes and its significance in theoretical physics. They explain that while black holes are well-understood and have evidence of their existence, white holes are still speculative. They describe black holes as the result of the death of a certain type of star, where immense gravity causes an implosion of forces and creates a region of space where things fall in.

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