We don’t know more about black holes than what mathematics and physics can tell us. Just last year we satisfied a little of our curiosity, since a group of scientists was able to photograph the eruption of a black hole for the first time.
That makes these cosmic phenomena irresistible to our imagination, which spills over thinking about the –literally– infinite possibilities that black holes offer. Perhaps one of the most common concerns, both for the scientific community and for amateur astronomers, is whether it is possible to perform hyperspace travel through black holes.
According to Stephen Hawking and other researchers, the theory of relativity is applicable to black holes. This led them to propose that moving through them without disintegrating is possible. But precisely because the laws of space-time are very different there, it is likely that our memories were erased when we arrived in another dimension after traveling in a . However, new discoveries have been made: it has been proven that a trip through these portals may not affect us as much as has been thought, because not all black holes are the same.
CWhat would be the right black hole to travel to another dimension?
Based on research inspired by the movie Interstellar – a film that opens up very earthly reflections as well – physicist Caroline Mallary, from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, proved that massive black holes are the ones that provide the best conditions for hyperspace travel to other places. dimensions.
The fictional black hole Mallary used as a model is Gargantua: massive at 100 million times the mass of the sun and rapidly rotating. Inspired by it, Mallary made his own computer model, which captures the most significant physical effects his features could have on a spaceship or any large object that fell into a portal like the Gargantua.
Although the so-called “singularity” of black holes indicates that inside the laws of the universe cancel each other and everything is like an infinite instant, the fall of a ship would not generate effects on the passengers who passed through the so-called singularity of black holes. its “internal horizon”. In turn, what is caused by the rapid rotation of the hole would create cycles of stretching and compression in the ship; but these would not be significant either.
Thus, Mallary was able to verify with his computer model that the effects of a black hole like Gargantua would have a limit – a finitude – on what passed through them.
What does this mean for the future of cosmonauts?
Maybe we can reach other dimensions. Because we must not forget that it is most likely that we are not alone and that our universe is not the only one. Although according to Mallary’s professor, Gaurav Khanna, the next step will be to study black holes in a more realistic context, that is: in astrophysical terms.
From there the next roadmap could well emerge for anyone who wants to venture to discover other dimensions. Although this remains the realm of fantasy rather than reality.