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Could black holes create entire new universes?


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This idea has been looked at, for example:

https://www.insidescience.org/news/every-black-hole-contains-new-universe

http://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/10/20/could-our-universe-have-arisen-from-a-black-hole/

 

I don't think anyone has ruled it out, but it hasn't been confirmed either. We need a theory of quantum gravity to have a better understanding of (a) black holes and (b) the early universe.

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Do you really understand the theory of black holes before making any speculations?

 

Consider this:

 

A black hole prevents light (photons) from escaping its surface. If this is true of photons then it must be true of gravitons.

 

If gravitons cannot escape the surface of a black hole, then a black hole cannot exert any gravitational force! Cannot attract any other object!

 

A black hole doesn't exist -- Even though many supermassive objects do exist in the universe.

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There is no evidence that gravitons exist. And, apart from that, a black hole would not need to emit gravitons any more than a magnet emits photons. Gravity would be mediated by virtual gravitons (in the same way that magnetism is mediated by virtual photons). These are not really particles and so the problem doesn't arise.

 

As gravity is (currently) described in terms of space-time curvature, the existence or behaviour of gravitons is moot.

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