Waspie_Dwarf Posted March 22, 2018 #1 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Physicist Proposes Alternative to Black Holes Quote A physicist has incorporated a quantum mechanical idea with general relativity to arrive at a new alternative to black hole singularities. What do you get when you cross two hypothetical alternatives to black holes? A self-consistent semiclassical relativistic star, according to Raúl Carballo-Rubio (International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy) whose recently published results in the February 6th Physical Review Letters describe a new mathematical model for the fate of massive stars. Read More: Sky and Telescope 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarMountainKid Posted March 22, 2018 #2 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Somehow I never liked the idea of a singularity. Then again, what do I know. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Not A Rockstar Posted March 22, 2018 #3 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Yeah I read this and thought yeah, this makes sense to be possible....then, what do I know either? So I didn't post. But, it feels right lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted March 22, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Reality does not care what we like or don't like. It is what it is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarMountainKid Posted March 22, 2018 #5 Share Posted March 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, Waspie_Dwarf said: Reality does not care what we like or don't like. It is what it is. Yes, and no one knows what it is. We can describe some of its behavior, but not what is behaving. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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