#black holes


# science    

and now for something surprisingly simpler

It seems we finally understand something about black holes and their behavior.
and now for something surprisingly simpler

# space    

can you really fall into a black hole? or, fun with time dilation.

A new paper argues that nothing ever really falls into a black hole thanks to extreme time dilation and frame dragging.
can you really fall into a black hole? or, fun with time dilation.

# science    

cyclical cosmology debate keeps on cycling…

Cosmologists are still puzzling over faint signals in the CMBR that may or may not be there and indicate profound events in our past or to our future.
cyclical cosmology debate keeps on cycling…

# astrobiology    

finding aliens by the black holes they make?

Could advanced alien civilizations turn to artificial black holes to meet their energy needs? And could we detect the emissions from their maws when they feed?
finding aliens by the black holes they make?

# space    

searching for wormholes with general relativity

If wormholes big enough for spaceships to traverse exist, we should be able to detect them just by looking at the sky.
searching for wormholes with general relativity

# space    

the birth of a supermassive monster, revisited

While we still don't know how supermassive black holes get as heavy and large as they are, but we have a few ideas...
the birth of a supermassive monster, revisited

# space    

how hot could it get inside a black hole?

Black holes radiate virtually no energy, much less anything we'd consider heat. But that doesn't mean their innards aren't superheated to cosmic extremes...
how hot could it get inside a black hole?

# space    

mining physics for "groundbreaking" papers

A new paper concludes that black holes are periodically giving birth to new universes. How it arrives at that conclusion raises a lot of questions.
mining physics for "groundbreaking" papers

# space    

where to find the energy for a warp drive

While we'd need to generate an immense amount of energy to power a warp drive, there are events in this universe with that kind of energy output...
where to find the energy for a warp drive

# space    

do quasars break the laws of physics?

Something is wrong in the data we get when we measure distances to far away quasars to see how fast the universe is expanding.
do quasars break the laws of physics?

# space    

getting information from a black hole's maw

What happens to particles swallowed by a black hole? The answer could either confirm our understanding of the universe or alter everything we know about it.
getting information from a black hole's maw

# space    

in the beginning, there was the black hole

At the dawn of the universe, enormous black holes were among the first things to be born, and at the end of it, they will be among the last to die.
in the beginning, there was the black hole

# space    

say, how far away is that black hole?

A star-munching monster of general relativity is a lot closer to Earth than we thought according to new observations...
say, how far away is that black hole?

# space    

spaceships, now with black hole reactors?

Can we turn black holes into a way to explore space at relativistic speeds? A pair of physicists thinks it may be plausible if we have enough powerful lasers...
spaceships, now with black hole reactors?

# science    

the micro black hole dilemma, revisited

The jury is still out on whether the Large Hadron Collider can create a micro black hole and whether it can live long enough to be detected.
the micro black hole dilemma, revisited

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