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Exotic cosmic objects in string theory may look like leaky black holes

28 April 2023

Physicists have simulated strange objects from string theory to determine what they look like – if they exist, they could be mistaken for a black hole when imaged from very far away


We may finally know how Hawking's black hole paradox could be solved

31 March 2023

Under the laws of quantum mechanics, information about what has fallen into a black hole cannot be destroyed, and now researchers claim they have figured out how it is preserved


Artist concept of a supermassive black hole

Stephen Hawking's black hole paradox may finally have a solution

21 March 2022

Black holes may not destroy all information about what they were originally made of, according to a new set of quantum calculations, which would solve a major physics paradox first described by Stephen Hawking


Artist's impression of a black hole in space

Black holes just got much more complicated thanks to quantum pressure

9 September 2021

Black holes were once thought not to have pressure, but a new set of quantum calculations has found that they may have some at their edges, which was completely unexpected


Chess pieces

What is reality? Why we still don't understand the world's true nature

29 January 2020

It’s the ultimate scientific quest – to understand everything that there is. But the closer we get, the further away it seems. Can we ever get to grips with the true nature of reality?


black hole

If you think black holes are strange, white holes will blow your mind

12 December 2018

White holes are black ones in reverse, spewing out matter– and they could give us our first glimpse of the quantum source of space-time, says physicist Carlo Rovelli


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