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White Holes: Cosmic Gushers in the Universe
White Holes Cosmic Gushers in the Universe Author:John Gribbin AWESOME FACT OR THEORETICAL FICTION? — WHITE HOLES — The scientific and intellectual community has been captivated by the prospect of black holes--invisible bodies in space that consume matter ranging from dust to whole stars. But in the dramatic fashion in which new evidence defies orthodox explanation, attention is being turned to even newer obj... more »ects, white holes, cosmic gushers which may be an answer to out universe?s creation.
These strange phenomena, shooting into space enormous jets of material equal in mass to countless suns, have forced the reexamination of our assumptions about the nature of time and space. The questions raised are mind-boggling:
? Is our universe doomed to inevitable cosmic explosion?
? Is new matter only ?seemingly? created? Or does it emerge from another ?time frame??
? What are space-time ?tree trunks? and ?trousers??
? Are we living outside a space-time "balloon??
? Is the universe infinite or does it ?rebound??
These and other questions are explored in this provocative examination of the newest "crisis? in astrophysics, the white hole, and its place in the third great controversy in astronomy, namely, the un-answered question of how did our universe begin?
JOHN GRIBBIN is the author of The Jupiter Effect and What's Wrong with the Earth? He has written many articles for Nature, New Scientist, The London Times and other distinguished publications. He holds a doctorate in Astrophysics from Cambridge University.« less