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Recent astronomical observations have given rise to suggestions that black holes may reside at the centres of many or all galaxies. The evidence remains equivocal; and in the meantime there is a theoretical variation on this theme, in which galaxies grow on retarded cores — ‘white holes’ — which have been present since the initial big bang.
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Gribbin, J. Retarded cores, black holes and galaxy formation. Nature 252, 445–447 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252445a0
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