Although it's theoretically "possible" from what I've read, it's extremely unlikely. Quasars (with an s) are usually thought to be early galaxies with "active" supermassive black holes -- huge black holes that suck in so much dust and gas that the gas becomes superheated, and releases energy (x-rays, I believe.) They're not exactly "white holes" as far as most astronomers are concerned.
Personally, I don't think a black hole could have a white hole attached to it. I mean, think about it. If everything a black hole sucked in was spit out somewhere else, how would you have different sized black holes? How would a black hole keep its mass? I'm sure there are people who know more about how that would work than me, but it seems logically inconsistent.
2007-03-18 19:35:00
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answered by Alex 2
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It is an interesting hypothesis, unfortunately it is currently against the astrophysics as we know it.
The generally held belief is that quasars are the super heated, and super fast moving light that is escaping from the edge of a supermassive black hole that is in the center of an active galaxy.
Here is what happens, as gas and materials are stucked into the black hole, their speeds and termpatures increase to masive levels. And what we think of as quasars, are just the escaping light and gas from the edge of these supermassive blackholes.
Your idea of a "timespace warp" by going through a black hole is an intersting idea, but not feasible. As you descend into a blackhole, time for you would progress normally, but the massive gravity would slow down your time levels. So you wold move a short distance, but the regular people would age dramatically. It would take several hundred years for you to progress from the accretion disk of the black hole through the singularity.
To the best of my knowledge, there is no such thing as a "white hole." There was a belief a while back (about a dozen year ago) that quazars were producing matter and energy. But the current scientific view is they are super massive blackholes that are eating the centers of galaxies, and what we detect as a quazar is in fact the escaping gas and light moving at lightspeed.
2007-03-19 04:15:31
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answered by Adorabilly 5
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White holes as the inverse to black holes WAS floated as a theory when quasars were first discovered, 30 years ago. There seemed no other way to explain the energy output. But now our theories are better and we understand that there is this MONSTER of a huge black hole in the heart of a quasar, so it all makes sense, plus the fact we have other evidence (photographic, Doppler, less active galaxies closer by as they age, etc).
2007-03-19 04:20:18
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answered by stargazergurl22 4
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LOL
Have you watched the history channel today? LOL
i've read a lot about the subject of black holes and other things of the sort but only today first heard of the idea of white holes, a very interesting topic though.
it makes me wonder then about the different ''dimensions'' that are being propsed in many physics books
2007-03-19 01:49:13
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answered by GrimReefer1420 2
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Quasars are not white holes, period. There is no such thing as a white hole, period. I suspect you have serious misunderstanding of what black holes are.
If you are looking for answers in the realm of science fiction, well, I guess I can't help you. You can make up anything you want in science fiction.
2007-03-19 02:50:52
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answered by Anonymous
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just today i was watching discovery or one of them channels and they were talking about this very thing. didnt watch it all but they sounded as if black holes and white holes were linked, like if youd get sucked into a black hole youd end up in another dimension and spewed out of a white hole
2007-03-19 01:47:15
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answered by Anonymous
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quazar is spelt as quasar
2007-03-19 02:18:18
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answered by new_einstein 2
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