Naked Singularities

Black Holes have been romanticized over the centuries as enigmatic cosmological entities through which no light can escape. But what if I were to tell you that there is a way (at least in theory) that you could see what is inside a black hole. How? The answer is simple – a naked singularity. […]

The Dark Knight Rises

“So Einstein was wrong when he said, ‘God does not play dice.’ Consideration of black holes suggests, not only does God play dice, but that sometimes he confuses us by throwing them where they can’t be seen.” – Stephen Hawking On 10th April 2019, humanity reified a sensational idea that had been pitched by Einstein […]

The case against black holes

‘Black holes’ are often the incentives that lure curious minds into the field of astrophysics and so was the case with me back in 2013, when I was an avid 9-year-old reader. 5 years later, here I am questioning the existence of ‘black holes’ itself. When I first came across the alternative theories to black […]