Physicists may have discovered what happens to matter that is swallowed by black holes by considering wormholes, theoretical bridges that connect distant points in the Universe. The team from Japan's ...

Scientists believe they have cracked one of the most pressing mysteries surrounding black holes that has boggled experts for decades. Black holes are among the most extreme and strange objects we know ...

Scientists have found that the universe's decay rate is much faster than previously thought. A team of three scientists from Radboud University, Netherlands, calculated how long it would take for ...

Black holes can lose mass and energy over time. They release Hawking radiation. The smaller they are, the more radiation they emit, so the hotter they get. The end scenario is the black holes ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In 1974, Stephen Hawking put forward an intriguing idea: Using the principles of quantum physics, ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have created a lab-grown black hole analog to test one of Stephen Hawking's most ...

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking took gravity to its ultimate limits. In doing so, he made a number of significant advancements in our understanding of black holes, cosmology and quantum gravity. Plus, ...

We’ve searched the skies for alien signals in the form of radio waves and reflected light from massive orbiting structures. But physicists Gia Dvali (of the Max Planck Institute for Physics) and Zara ...