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- ↑ Natalie Wolchover: Newfound Wormhole Allows Information to Escape Black Holes, Quanta Magazine, October 23, 2017
- ↑ University, Stanford (2018-10-17). "Aron Wall wins Breakthrough New Horizons Prize". Stanford News. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
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