Dylan Neri

Now imagine a white hole – a black hole’s time-reversed twin…

Just as you can enter a black hole without leaving it, you can exit a white hole without entering it – but first you must understand what black holes really are

Carlo Rovelli. [Stefania D’Allessandro / Getty Images]
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  • White Holes: Inside the Horizon

    Carlo Rovelli, translated by Simon Carnell

    Allen Lane, pp. 160, £14

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