2007-01-22 02:05:05 · 5 answers · asked by zebbie g 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
"White Holes" are quasars. Very distant galaxies where a super black holes resides in the center (much like our own). The key difference is that the quasar black holes are still actively swallowing up matter (but ours is well beyond this stage and is now dormant) and before the hole actually absorbs the matter it accelerates it spinning the matter around the hole (much like the water in a toilet LOL) this swirling heats up the matter releasing massive amounts of energy visible as radiation or light.
2007-01-22 03:30:06 · answer #1 · answered by FourKingHigh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We haven't seen one, and they probably don't exist. The idea was that a black hole would distort space-time so much it would connect through to another area of the universe, and a white hole would be the opening of that hole on the other end. However, that's a rather old-fashioned idea of a black hole - we don't regard them as "holes" to anyway - they are just collapsed stars which have so much mass that even light can't escape from them, therefore they are "black".
2007-01-22 10:25:16 · answer #2 · answered by aeonturnip 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's conjectured to be the time reversal of a black hole, but the theory really doesn't support it well at all... In other words it spits out matter instead of consuming it... Try here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_hole
2007-01-22 10:19:30 · answer #3 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a hole that is not black...the opposite of black hole.. maybe, in black hole, it absorps everthing but in the white hole, it vomits everything...
2007-01-22 10:28:08 · answer #4 · answered by ina 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are supposed to be craters. that is what i learned in 3rd grade
2007-01-22 10:51:36 · answer #5 · answered by Deniz n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋