minus-squareCascio@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Black holes keep 'burping up' stars they destroyed years earlier, and astronomers don't know whylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoThe 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 linkfedilink
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