White Hole Postulation: Can it Exist?

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The discussion centers on the theoretical existence of white holes in the universe, particularly in relation to wormholes and alternate universes. Participants highlight that while general relativity (GR) allows for white holes under certain initial conditions from the Big Bang, there is no empirical evidence supporting their existence. The conversation also references the second law of thermodynamics as a potential reason against the existence of white holes, emphasizing their speculative nature.

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I have been reading all of the previous threads on this topic, but they are all locked or in some strange stasis state, so I made a new one to get the final answer:

Does a white hole have a possibility of existence in our universe, through any means, be it wormhole or alternate universe(s) or through an as yet undiscovered theory of combined quantum gravity/unified theory?

(sorry, run on, got a little carried away there)

also, for the quantum gravity/unified theory, don't worry if you don't have the theory offhand...

And if it definitely can't exist, please give a reason, i.e. second law of thermodynamics, etc.
 
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With certain initial conditions at the big bang some solutions of the equations of GR allow for white holes. There is however no evidence of them existing and are regarded as highly speculative.

The fact most threads were locked should have told you something about this topic.
 

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