cosmic censorship

English

Etymology

Coined by British scientist Roger Penrose in 1969.

Noun

cosmic censorship (uncountable)

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

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