How big is the universe? The shape of space-time could tell us
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI In a sense, we are at the centre of the universe – but only because ...
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Einstein’s theory was wrong about black holes made out of light
Light cannot condense enough to create a black holeVadim Sadovski/Shutterstock It seems it is not possible to form black holes ...
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Odd black holes smaller than protons may have once littered the cosmos
Colour-charged black holes may have formed in the early universebetibup33/Shutterstock The universe may have once been speckled with tiny black ...
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What would a wormhole look like if we ever found one?
Could we find a wormhole? ESO/L. Calçada The following is an extract from our monthly Launchpad newsletter, in which resident space ...
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What “naked” singularities are revealing about quantum space-time
adbobe stock/Erika Eros/Alamy/collarge ryan wills Deep inside a black hole, the cosmos gets twisted beyond comprehension. Here, at some infinitesimal ...
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Wormholes could blast out blazing hot plasma at incredible speeds
If traversable wormholes exist, we could potentially detect their plasma blastsRostislav Zatonskiy / Alamy Wormholes that are surrounded by matter, ...
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How the weird and powerful pull of black holes made me a physicist
When I heard Stephen Hawking extoll the mysteries of black holes, I knew theoretical physics was what I wanted to ...
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‘Unluckiest star’ may be trapped in deadly dance with a black hole
Illustration of a black hole ripping gas from a starStocktrek Images/Alamy A star appears to be locked in a lethal ...
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Tiny black holes hiding in the sun could trace out stunning patterns
Primordial black holes could take on intricate orbits inside the sun and similar starsVitorio A. De Lorenci Our solar system ...
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Einstein was right about the way matter plunges into black holes
We’ve seen the waterfall of matter plunging into a black holeBuradaki / Alamy Stock Photo A strange area around black ...
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