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Rotating black holes may serve as gentle portals for hyperspace travel

  • Written by Gaurav Khanna, Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Feel like traveling to another dimension? Better choose your black hole wisely.Vadim Sadovski/Shutterstock.com

One of the most cherished science fiction scenarios is using a black hole as a portal to another dimension or time or universe. That fantasy may be closer to reality than previously imagined.

Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious...

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