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I've been reading Kip Thorne's book "Black Holes and Time Warps" and was wondering about a couple of things. They're really basic questions that have been floating around in my head, but I can't ask any of my friends because none of them know anything about these topics, so....I came here. Please forgive me if these questions seem rudimentary to you educated folk.
Firstly, do black holes really exist or are they just part of a theory that is likely to be true? I've read alot about black holes and their effects on space and time it's all very fascinating stuff, but I'm wondering if I'm reading about theories or actual existant gateways to oblivion.
Secondly, (this one may seem really stupid and I'm sorry) could our sun potentially become a black hole? I understand that black holes are fromed by a star collapsing on itself, is that the fate of ours? Is our sun considered a star?
Finally, wormholes, a tunnel through space and maybe even time. Do they exist? are they only theoretical? If they are existant then how in the world does one come to the conlucusion that they exist? Was there a physicist who was sitting around one day and thought to himself "man, wormholes would be cool" and developed a theory, or did a physicist stumble onto the exsitence or theoretical exsitence of wormholes.
Just a few questions that have been in the back of my head for awhile and I would appreciate them answered if it's not too much hassle
Firstly, do black holes really exist or are they just part of a theory that is likely to be true? I've read alot about black holes and their effects on space and time it's all very fascinating stuff, but I'm wondering if I'm reading about theories or actual existant gateways to oblivion.
Secondly, (this one may seem really stupid and I'm sorry) could our sun potentially become a black hole? I understand that black holes are fromed by a star collapsing on itself, is that the fate of ours? Is our sun considered a star?
Finally, wormholes, a tunnel through space and maybe even time. Do they exist? are they only theoretical? If they are existant then how in the world does one come to the conlucusion that they exist? Was there a physicist who was sitting around one day and thought to himself "man, wormholes would be cool" and developed a theory, or did a physicist stumble onto the exsitence or theoretical exsitence of wormholes.
Just a few questions that have been in the back of my head for awhile and I would appreciate them answered if it's not too much hassle