"If so, it would help resolve a quantum conundrum known as the black hole information paradox, but critics say it would also raise new problems, such as how the wormholes would form in the first
"Hack this: Why do so few African-Americans write science fiction, a genre whose close encounters with the Other---the stranger in a strange land---would seem uniquely suited to the concerns of A
"Brit SF-noir author Richard Morgan's new novel, Black Man is a skillful blend of investigative drama, serial killer thriller and high-octane science fiction action-blockbuster." I'll be cha
"Ironically, black holes aren’t too hard to find. They’re bright. Here’s a bunch of ‘em..." Space is not just big, it's quite pretty too - and great fun to think about.
"With all the press being given to the Large Hadron Collider under construction at CERN, it’s interesting to see that the black hole believed to exist at the Milky Way’s center — the object calle
"...since that famous thought-experiment wormholes have been described and designed in a multitude of physics papers - but do they exist?" The science behind the fiction. Link via Centauri D
"The [ESA]'s gamma ray observatory Integral has caught the centre of our galaxy in a moment of rare quiet. A handful of the most energetic high-energy sources surrounding the black hole [...] had
"The new data support earlier research ... showing that carbonado diamonds formed in stellar supernovae explosions. Black diamonds were once the size of asteroids, a kilometer or more in diameter
"It is unclear, however, what kind of object or objects exploded or merged to create the new black hole. The hybrid burst exhibits properties of the two known classes of gamma-ray bursts yet poss
"A giant black hole has been caught red-handed dipping into a cosmic cookie jar of stars by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. This is the first time astronomers have seen the whole process of a b
"Their study revealed that the initial conditions of bubble formation can affect the dynamics of the singularity that occurs when a bubble pinches off a nozzle." This means that black holes
"Astronomers have looked under the hoods of quasars, the brightest objects in the universe, and found some of the best evidence yet for the black holes that are thought to power them."
"Tiny black holes near the galaxy's centre can fling stars out of the Milky Way at break-neck speeds, a new study suggests. Previously, only the supermassive black hole there was thought to be ab