Reimagining Black Holes: A Whirlpool Model for Infinite Spacetime Distortions
General Relativity (GR) superbly predicts gravitational phenomena outside black-hole horizons. Yet the standard solutions harbor an interior singularity—divergent curvature and “erased” causal structure—where classical physics breaks down. This interior uncertainty feeds long-standing puzzles (information loss, singular initial conditions) and leaves a conceptual gap between exterior predictions and interior meaning. We propose a smooth, singularity-free interior that preserves the exterior while providing a physically intuitive picture that can be tested. Our model replaces the singular point with an infinitely deep, smoothly stretching interior—a whirlpool of spacetime. The exterior remains Schwarzschild-like, while the interior “sinks” continuously instead of terminating. This framing connects to a surface-tension analogy: mass acts like a nucleation site, gathering spacetime smoothly around it, as water wraps around dust to form a droplet. In this view, even cosmic expansion can be reinterpreted as the integrated effect of many deep interiors stretching space. Key payoffs. (i) Removes the singularity while preserving exterior GR tests; (ii) supplies an interior with structure, mitigating “eraser” issues; (iii) yields concrete, parameterized deviations in strong-field observables; (iv) offers an intuitive physical picture to guide simulation and experiment.
