I've always perceived blackholes as being, not holes or tunnels of any sort, but simply points of ultra-compressed matter bearing nearly infinite gravitational force.
Not a portal to anywhere, just a little dot floating through space pulling everything into its infinitessimal self. Now, maybe I'm just proceeding from Hawking (it's been years since I read A Brief History so I'm not sure what thoughts are mine and which are his anymore), but my impression is that once too much matter has become compressed into this tiny point, it explodes into what is referred to in some circles as Big Bang.
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I've always perceived blackholes as being, not holes or tunnels of any sort, but simply points of ultra-compressed matter bearing nearly infinite gravitational force.
Not a portal to anywhere, just a little dot floating through space pulling everything into its infinitessimal self. Now, maybe I'm just proceeding from Hawking (it's been years since I read A Brief History so I'm not sure what thoughts are mine and which are his anymore), but my impression is that once too much matter has become compressed into this tiny point, it explodes into what is referred to in some circles as Big Bang.