Theoretical physicists have proposed a potential solution to one of the most puzzling problems in modern physics: the black hole singularity paradox. By modifying Einstein's theory of general relativity, the center of a black hole with infinite curvature could be replaced by a highly curved but regular region of space-time, the researchers suggest in a new study.
"Singularities are regions of the universe where space, time and matter are crushed and stretched into nonexistence," study co-author Robie Hennigar, a postdoctoral researcher at Durham University in the U.K., told Live Science via email. "This is a very serious problem, as if singularities were to really exist in our universe, it would be catastrophic for science.
