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Black holes are very well known but... What is a White Hole?

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Lurking in the depths of the mathematics of Einstein’s general relativity is an object even stranger than the mysterious black hole. In fact it’s the black hole’s mirror twin, the white hole. Some even think that these could be the origin of our universe.

Written by Drew Rosen and Matt O’Dowd

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