At the extreme limits of the universe, gravity stops being a gentle sculptor and becomes something far more destructive, tearing apart structure & certainty. Space & Time bend beyond recognition & the laws of physics begin to slip away. In this strange realm of collapsing order and distorted space-time, two of the most mysterious predictions of Einstein’s general relativity emerge: Black holes and Wormholes.

One of them, black holes has been proven to exist and photographed, while the other wormholes remain a fascinating mathematical idea. They are called “cosmic twins” because both emerge from the same equations that describe how gravity bends space and time. Where black holes show the universe’s extreme reality, wormholes show its extreme possibilities. Together, they open the door to questions about space, time, and the true shape of our universe. A black hole is created when a massive star collapses under its own gravity, compressing matter into an incredibly dense point called a singularity, a point where matter is crushed to zero volume and infinite density. See what happens, imagine a ‘star’ existing because of a balance between the two opposing forces; its own gravity pulling the matter inward and the energy produced by nuclear fusion pushing it outward. Inside the core, Hydrogen nuclei fuse with into helium through quantum processes like ‘quantum tunnelling’ releasing an enormous energy that prevents the star from collapsing. This balance so called ‘’Hydrostatic Equilibrium’’ keeps the star stable for millions or billions of years. As a star ages, it runs out of nuclear fuel thus the nuclear Steller reactions are brought to an end. The outward pressure weakens........

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