Some black holes could send you back in time and erase your past, claims UC Berkeley mathematician

Nicholas Fearn
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'If someone were to venture into one of these relatively benign black holes, they could survive, but their past would be obliterated,' he claims

A mathematician at UC Berkeley has suggested that not only could humans survive falling into so-called 'benign' black holes, but that their past would be completely erased as a result.  In the p...

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