cosmic censorship

English edit

Etymology edit

Coined by British scientist Roger Penrose in 1969.

Noun edit

cosmic censorship (uncountable)

(physics) The hypothesis that Einstein's general relativity theory singularities are always hidden from the remote observer, and are only visible as black holes.

See also edit

naked singularity

Further reading edit

cosmic censorship hypothesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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