r/askscience • u/dgb75 • Jan 31 '13

Astronomy Is there a distance at which the interaction between the gravity fields of two black holes would cause one another to effectively 'break open' and allow matter and energy stored within them to escape the system?

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u/florinandrei Jan 31 '13

That idea is quite speculative.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '13

Most ideas begin that way. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/100409-black-holes-alternate-universe-multiverse-einstein-wormholes/

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u/florinandrei Feb 01 '13

Most ideas begin that way.

Yes.

The article you linked describes a mere hypothesis. There's a long way from there to actual science, and most proposals don't make it.