“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commissions or revenue on some items through these links.” After reading this story you will learn: For half a century, scientists have been researching ways to solve the black hole information paradox, the idea that when a black hole is evaporated by Hawking radiation, the information inside disappears, violating … Read more
New research by Professor Enrique Gaztanaga of the University of Portsmouth and the Institute of Space Sciences in Barcelona suggests that some black holes formed before the Big Bang and survived the cosmic ‘bounce’, potentially explaining dark matter, the gravitational wave background, and the early growth of supermassive black holes and galaxies. Gaztanaga proposes a … Read more
share this article This article is free to share under the Attribution 4.0 International License. Collapse of dark matter may be the missing ingredient in explaining how supermassive black holes formed before the first stars. A growing mystery in astronomy is the existence of massive black holes (some as heavy as a billion suns) that … Read more
Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission when you buy through links in our articles. A diagram showing two black holes starting to collide. |Credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY, Getty Images Astronomers may have discovered a pair of extreme light-spewing black holes spiraling toward a giant collision. Its effects may be felt in … Read more
Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission when you buy through links in our articles. An artist’s impression of spacetime around a black hole. New theoretical research suggests that three hidden dimensions of the universe could prevent black holes from truly disappearing. |Credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY, Getty Images New theoretical research suggests … Read more