---
title: "Physicist: Black Holes Could be Portals for Hyperspace Travel"
description: "Research suggests that it might be possible to safely approach a black hole as long as its big enough and spinning rapidly."
date: "2019-01-09"
modified: "2019-01-09"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/physicist-black-holes-portals-hyperspace-travel"
categories:
  - "Astrophysics"
  - "Black Holes"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "Black holes"
  - "physics"
  - "space"
---

# Physicist: Black Holes Could be Portals for Hyperspace Travel

![Research suggests that it might be possible to safely approach a black hole as long as its big enough and spinning rapidly.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/physicist-black-holes-portals-hyperspace-travel.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: ESO/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Come Sail Away

For years, scientists have theorized that black holes could serve as portals for interdimensional travel. But there's always been a problem: how could a hyperspace traveler ever approach a black hole without getting torn to teeny-tiny shreds by the black hole's unholy gravitational forces?

It turns out that some black holes are gentler than others, according to University of Massachusetts Dartmouth physicists. If a black hole is large enough and rotating quickly enough, astronauts would have a [nice, smooth ride](<https://futurism.com/360-video-supermassive-black-hole>) the whole way down, according to [research published in the journal](<https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.104024>) *Physical Review D*.

"One of the most cherished science fiction scenarios is using a black hole as a portal to another dimension or time or universe," wrote Gaurav Khanna, a National Science Foundation-funded physicist who worked on the project, in a [new essay](<https://theconversation.com/profiles/gaurav-khanna-594989>) published Wednesday by *The Conversation*. "That fantasy may be closer to reality than previously imagined."

## Event Horizon

Computer simulations show that the singularity inside a giant, rapidly-spinning black hole is far weaker than in other black holes — to the point it may not even crush a wayward spaceship. In fact, its passengers may not even notice the force exerted by the black hole, long [thought to obliterate anything](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/black-hole-milky-way>) that comes near, at all.

In his essay, Khanna likened the hypothetical experiences to moving your hand through a candle's flame. Sure, the fire is hot enough to melt your skin away if you leave it there too long, but you'll only feel a fleeting warmth if you whisk it through quickly enough.

The jury is still out on whether hyperspace travel exists. But if anyone ever wanted to give it a shot, now they know where to aim.

**READ MORE:** [Rotating black holes may serve as gentle portals for hyperspace travel](<https://theconversation.com/rotating-black-holes-may-serve-as-gentle-portals-for-hyperspace-travel-107062>) \[*The Conversation*\]

***More on black holes: [Here’s How You Could Survive Being Sucked Into a Black Hole](<https://futurism.com/survive-black-hole>)***

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

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