Physicists propose a new theory about what would really happen if you fell into a black hole

Physicists propose a new theory about what would really happen if you fell into a black hole:

If a new theory about black holes turns out to be true, then we're going to have to stop making fun of the final sequence in classic cheeseball flick The Black Hole (helpfully excerpted above). You might just light on fire. Jennifer Ouellette has just published an amazing piece on this "wall of fire" theory on the Simons Foundation website. More »