#black holes


who wants to build a warp drive anyway?

The biggest problem with creating a warp drive is coming up with the energy to power one, even for a moment.
who wants to build a warp drive anyway?

are monster black holes on an entropy frenzy?

At the end of the universe, black holes will be the only things left and they will define what happens in the cosmos for countless eons.
are monster black holes on an entropy frenzy?

replicating hawking radiation in the lab

Researchers want to put the idea that black holes evaporate through minute interactions with the outside universe to the test.
replicating hawking radiation in the lab

# space    

black holes and ancient dwarf galaxies

We can't see a black hole directly, even a supermassive one. But we can see where they are by tracking the orbits of the objects around them...
black holes and ancient dwarf galaxies

# science    

black hole bares all for science

Two physicists ask if you could ever expose the mysterious core of a black hole in a new paper.
black hole bares all for science

# space    

the birth of a monster?

Astronomers are trying to zero in on the largest mass for a stellar black hole and found a monster larger and hungrier than they expected.
the birth of a monster?

# science    

a billion solar masses of nothing

Black holes are often described as tears in space and time. But that's not what they really are. What they really are is so much stranger...
a billion solar masses of nothing

# science    

more bad news for warp drive technology

Theoretical warp drives keep finding more ways to kill their users and everything around them. This time, with artificial black holes.
more bad news for warp drive technology

random science abuse in short film format

Sometimes the legal system won't teach you a lesson. Physics might step in long before they do.
random science abuse in short film format

# science    

can we use black holes created in particle colliders to power our homes?

Despite what you were told, particle colliders don't have enough energy to generate micro black holes. But what if they could? Could we plug them into our energy grids?
can we use black holes created in particle colliders to power our homes?

    newer articles