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> [If you go down through the horizon of a black hole, at the center you don't find a tunnel that leads you to some other place in the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/if-you-go-down-through-the-horizon-of-a-black-hole-at-the-center-you/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

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## More by Kip Thorne

> [My passion is to understand the non-linear dynamics of warped space-time, and the ideal venue for this is black-hole collisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/my-passion-is-to-understand-the-non-linear-dynamics-of-warped-space/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [I wanted to be a snowplow driver when I was a kid. Growing up in the Rocky Mountains, that's the most glorious job you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/i-wanted-to-be-a-snowplow-driver-when-i-was-a-kid-growing-up-in-the/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [Black holes do not emit light, so you visualize them through gravitational lensing - how they bend light from other objects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/black-holes-do-not-emit-light-so-you-visualize-them-through/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [We'll have four different gravitational wave windows open within the next 20 years, and each of them will see something different. We'll be probing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/we-ll-have-four-different-gravitational-wave-windows-open-within-the/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [I can enjoy 'Harry Potter' and 'Star Trek,' but I really appreciate hard science fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/i-can-enjoy-harry-potter-and-star-trek-but-i-really-appreciate-hard/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [I have used movies to go to sleep at night. You flip from channel to channel to channel and see just enough to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/i-have-used-movies-to-go-to-sleep-at-night-you-flip-from-channel-to/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [I got a lot of notoriety early on. Much of my career I was just trying to prove I was as good as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/i-got-a-lot-of-notoriety-early-on-much-of-my-career-i-was-just-trying/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [Gravitational waves will bring us exquisitely accurate maps of black holes - maps of their space-time. Those maps will make it crystal clear whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/gravitational-waves-will-bring-us-exquisitely-accurate-maps-of-black/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [If you have a wormhole, then you can turn them into time machines for going backward in time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/if-you-have-a-wormhole-then-you-can-turn-them-into-time-machines-for/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [Wormholes - if you don't have something threading through them to hold them open, the walls will basically collapse so fast that nothing can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/wormholes-if-you-don-t-have-something-threading-through-them-to-hold/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [A big misconception is that a black hole is made of matter that has just been compacted to a very small size. That's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/a-big-misconception-is-that-a-black-hole-is-made-of-matter-that-has/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [We're born with a curiosity about the universe. Those people who don't have a curiosity don't have it because it's gotten beaten out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/we-re-born-with-a-curiosity-about-the-universe-those-people-who-don-t/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [A black hole really is an object with very rich structure, just like Earth has a rich structure of mountains, valleys, oceans, and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/a-black-hole-really-is-an-object-with-very-rich-structure-just-like/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [It was quite a surprise when I realized that with a single wormhole you could have time hook up towards the future or towards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/it-was-quite-a-surprise-when-i-realized-that-with-a-single-wormhole/)

[Kip Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kip-thorne/)

> [Each black hole spins on its axis like the Earth spins. That spin creates two vortexes of twisting space, somewhat like vortexes in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kip-thorne/each-black-hole-spins-on-its-axis-like-the-earth-spins-that-spin/)

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