The following link will take you to the complete article. Below the link are a few paragraphs from said article. I thought it was pretty interesting as just the other day I was wondering if black holes might provide a connecting "pathway" between a pair of colliding branes in M-theory.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39324271/ns/technology_and_science-space
By Clara Moskowitz
Meet the Bizarro universe version of a black hole: a black string.
These hypothetical objects might form if our universe has hidden extra dimensions beyond the three of space and one of time that we can see, scientists say. A new study of five-dimensional black strings offers a glimpse into how these strange objects might evolve over time — if indeed they exist at all.
While it's difficult to visualize a five-dimensional object in our three-dimensional space, black strings would be cylindrical, researchers said. Think of a three-dimensional spherical black hole that's copied and stacked out in one direction to create an oblong shape.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39324271/ns/technology_and_science-space
By Clara Moskowitz
Meet the Bizarro universe version of a black hole: a black string.
These hypothetical objects might form if our universe has hidden extra dimensions beyond the three of space and one of time that we can see, scientists say. A new study of five-dimensional black strings offers a glimpse into how these strange objects might evolve over time — if indeed they exist at all.
While it's difficult to visualize a five-dimensional object in our three-dimensional space, black strings would be cylindrical, researchers said. Think of a three-dimensional spherical black hole that's copied and stacked out in one direction to create an oblong shape.
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