Scientists in Scotland have devised a handy-dandy tabletop black hole. By firing intense laser pulses through a fiber optic cable, researchers can simulate the effects of black holes and observe similar phenomenons to those caused by the mysterious sinkholes in space. This brings science one step closer to an all-encompassing "theory of everything," as it brings me one step closer to fulfilling a lifelong fantasy -- chunking trash into another dimension.

When you're dealing with gravitational forces that are so inconceivably powerful that light cannot escape them, you wouldn't think a few landfills-worth of garbage passing through would hurt anything. And, although we have no idea what the ramifications of sending pollution through a black hole might be, the potential seems worth checking out. Maybe we could at least warp trash to another time.

Using both the laser and a continuous infrared beam, the scientists were able to observe infrared waves were pulled along by the laser flow -- simulating an event horizon. "The most surprising aspect for me is how simple it actually is to create artificial event horizons," said theoretical physicist Ulf Leonhardt. Hopefully, it will be that simple for scientists to open up a rift wide enough for us to shoot toxic waste through. Awesome.