Dec 2, 2025 04:43 PM
https://aeon.co/essays/black-holes-may-b...everything
EXCERPT: But what if there are other evolutions? Einstein’s formulas predict that the spacetime around a black hole is the same as that of any other spherical ball of mass, so it stands to reason that, maybe, the chain of chickens and eggs might have a different starting point, an ancestor not yet discovered, which might result in the same spacetime curvature as a black hole has, but that harbours something else within the horizon.
If they exist, these black hole ‘mimickers’ would be very interesting, revealing unknown physics. Maybe they are the result of existing rules not yet fully worked out, but they might also mean that the laws of physics themselves are new altogether, a new logic of space and time hiding behind the horizon... (MORE - details)
EXCERPT: But what if there are other evolutions? Einstein’s formulas predict that the spacetime around a black hole is the same as that of any other spherical ball of mass, so it stands to reason that, maybe, the chain of chickens and eggs might have a different starting point, an ancestor not yet discovered, which might result in the same spacetime curvature as a black hole has, but that harbours something else within the horizon.
If they exist, these black hole ‘mimickers’ would be very interesting, revealing unknown physics. Maybe they are the result of existing rules not yet fully worked out, but they might also mean that the laws of physics themselves are new altogether, a new logic of space and time hiding behind the horizon... (MORE - details)