KIP THORNE

KIP THORNE is a good friend of Hawking; we all know about Hawking’s famous theorem: “Black holes have no hair.” In other words, Hawking “proved” that black holes must be “smooth” in appearance. He also showed that they “evaporate over time.” Thus, cosmology is filled with numerous “mythical” theorems. This doesn’t prevent the general public from believing that black holes definitely exist—after all, there are big ones, small ones, and giant ones. In February 2000, it was expected that observations made using a powerful X-ray telescope would reveal the presence of a “giant black hole” at the center of our own galaxy. However, these observations didn’t meet expectations. Some scientists concluded that it might actually be a “satiated black hole.” But let’s get back to Kip Thorne. A few years ago, he caught his colleagues’ attention by publishing an article in the renowned journal Nature. In this article, he proposed using “wormholes” as a means of interstellar travel. But, as we all know, wormholes are extremely unstable and tend to close up as soon as they form. Therefore, using them for travel would be problematic. Thorne suggested “stabilizing” a wormhole by filling it with lots of magnetic monopoles.

… The only problem is that no one knows what a magnetic monopole actually is, nor has anyone ever managed to prove their existence.

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