Black holes keep ‘burping up’ stars they destroyed years earlier, and astronomers don’t know why::Years after ripping stars to shreds, 24 black holes suddenly flared up with radio waves in inexplicable ‘burping’ bouts. Half of all star-killing black holes may experience the same.

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      The Cat: So, what is it?

      Kryten: I’ve never seen one before - no one has - but I’m guessing it’s a white hole.

      Rimmer: A white hole?

      Kryten: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the Universe; a white hole returns it.

      Lister: So, that thing’s spewing time…

      Lister: [donning his fur-lined hat] … back into the Universe?

      Kryten: Precisely. That’s why we’re experiencing these curious time phenomena on board.

      The Cat: So, what is it?

      Kryten: I’ve never seen one before - no one has - but I’m guessing it’s a white hole.

      Rimmer: A white hole?

      Kryten: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the Universe; a white hole returns it.

      Lister: [minus the hat] So, that thing’s spewing time…

      Lister: [donning his fur-lined hat, again] … back into the Universe?

      Kryten: Precisely. That’s why we’re experiencing these curious time phenomena on board.

      Lister: What time phenomena?

      Kryten: Like just then, when time repeated itself.

      The Cat: So, what is it?

      [Kryten, Rimmer, and Lister stare at Cat]

      The Cat: Only joking.

      -Red Dwarf

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      A white hole is a theorized antithesis to a black hole. While a black hole sucks matter in and destroys it, a white hole seemingly creates new matter and sprays it into the universe.

      Afaik, we haven’t actually observed one before. It’s just a mathematical theory. But black holes used to be nothing more than theory, too.

      Edit: I haven’t seen Red Dwarf in so long, I didn’t realize you were referencing it. 🤣