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white hole

hypothetical region of spacetime that serves as the opposite of a black hole
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Summary

white hole is an astronomical object type[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of astronomical object type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,971 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: scientific hypothesis[3], hypothetical astronomical object[4]
  • Named after: white[5], black hole[6]
  • Subclass of: hypothetical astronomical object[7]
  • Commons category: White holes[8]
  • Opposite of: black hole[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:White holes[10]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/white-holes[11]
  • Different from: black hole[12]
  • Studied by: theory of relativity[13], astronomy[14]

Why It Matters

white hole has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

astronomy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:White holes
    Subclass of → hypothetical astronomical object
    Opposite of → black hole
    Studied by → theory of relativity, astronomy
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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