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Black holes leak energy when they eat plasma near the event horizon

Black holes leak energy when they eat plasma near the event horizon

8 January 2021

When magnetic fields around a black hole reconnect, they can slow down plasma particles near the event horizon, which cause the black hole to lose energy when it swallows them
Jumping into a wormhole might cause it to contract and disintegrate

Jumping into a wormhole might cause it to contract and disintegrate

7 January 2021

Adding energy to a wormhole connecting two universes can push it out of equilibrium, which may cause this exotic tunnel to get shorter and then fall apart

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