The Center of a Black Hole: Infinitely Massive Singularity or Portal into another Universe?

Black holes are one of the most naggingly peculiar objects in the universe. Beyond the event horizon of a black hole, our equations are turned upside down; they also get turned inside out when we attempt to fathom the singularity at its center when using the equations given to us by Einstein. To make life simpler, what if we removed the singularity all together? There is some math for that.

Coming full circle, it suggests that black holes do not hold singularities in their interior, but portals to another universe.

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Unifying Gravity and Quantum Mechanics:

Quantum mechanics may seem like it is beyond our realm of experience; however, it is an integral part of the physics that governs our lives. Yet, it is not without its problems. There is one very important aspect of our everyday experience that is not described in a quantum framework-- and that is gravity. Because it keeps matter together, gravity is one of the driving forces of the cosmos -- and of life itself.

For quite some time, we have struggled with the goal of uniting gravity and quantum mechanics. Nowadays, physicists have had many ideas (some great, others not so much); however, nothing experimentally verifiable (like string theory) has surfaced. That is, until now.

Some physicists are starting to think that gravity itself is the ultimate decoherence, or the weakest form of background noise. To learn about new experiments that can help us solve this problem, see:
http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/unifying-gravity-and-quantum-mechanics/

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NASA

The Problem with Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity:

The quantum realm is rife with enigmas -- inexplicable things that leave us puzzled. Unsurprisingly, since we have the (modest) ambition of obtaining a complete mathematical picture of the entire universe, it seems like there are many properties of particle physics that are completely removed from our existence on Earth. However, that previous sentence is a bit of a paradox, because the quantum world is utterly ingrained into our surroundings. For starters, it can be seen emanating from the sun, as photons of electromagnetism bounce off of everyday objects, before arriving near our retinas. It can also be seen in the form of waves slamming into the shorelines, with the molecules of water slowly eroding large rocks into tiny pebbles of sand. These tiny grains, in turn, accumulate by the trillions, eventually forming the beaches we all love.

In short, we know that the realm of the very small is intricately related to our everyday experiences, and that our level of existence is only a tiny piece of a much larger puzzle. To progress as a species, it is imperative that we have a comprehensive understanding of the world around us.

However, we have had a hard time uniting the physics of the very small with the physics of the very large – Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity. To learn all about this problem, see:
http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/the-problem-with-quantum-mechanics-and-general-relativity/

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