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Loading contentA point predicted by general relativity where density becomes infinite and the theory breaks down.
General relativity predicts that matter collapsing into a black hole, and the Universe running backward to the Big Bang, reach a singularity of infinite density. This is widely understood as a sign that general relativity is incomplete rather than a real physical infinity.
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