Scientists find black holes could reach ‘stupendously large’ sizes A recent study suggests the possible existence of ‘stupendously large black holes’ or SLABS, even larger than the supermassive black holes already observed in the centers […]
Could we harness energy from black holes? A remarkable prediction of Einstein’s theory of general relativity—the theory that connects space, time, and gravity—is that rotating black holes have enormous amounts of energy available to be […]
Black holes: Cosmic signal rattles Earth after 7 billion years Imagine the energy of eight Suns released in an instant. This is the gravitational “shockwave” that spread out from the biggest merger yet observed between […]
Primordial black holes and the search for dark matter from the multiverse The Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) is home to many interdisciplinary projects which benefit from the […]
Researchers identify where giant jets from black holes discharge their energy The supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are the most massive objects in the universe. They range from about 1 million to […]
Black holes gain new powers when they spin fast enough General relativity is a profoundly complex mathematical theory, but its description of black holes is amazingly simple. A stable black hole can be described by […]