Primordial Black Holes
Could There Be a Black Hole Inside the Sun?
Primordial black holes are one explanation for dark matter, although it's not widely accepted. These black holes would have formed…
If We Could Find Them, Primordial Black Holes Would Explain a Lot About the Universe
As far as we know, black holes can only be formed by the death of massive stars, but a persistent…
Roman Could Finally Tell Us if Primordial Black Holes Exist
When the Universe erupted into existence with the Big Bang, all of its matter was compressed into a tiny area.…
Primordial Black Holes May Have “Frozen” the Early Universe
Primordial holes formed in the exotic conditions of the big bang may have become their own source of matter and…
Did Supermassive Black Holes Collapse Directly out of Giant Clouds of gas? It Could Depend on Magnetic Fields
New research shows how the seeds of Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) could have formed from gas clouds with amplified magnetic…
Primordial Black Holes Could Have Triggered the Formation of Supermassive Black Holes
Computer simulations show the role primordial black holes may have played in the early universe, but the process isn't clear…
Primordial Black Holes Could Explain Dark Matter and the Growth of Supermassive Black Holes at the Same Time
The James Webb telescope might discover primordial black holes in the near future.
Gravitational-Wave Observatories Should be Able to Detect Primordial Black Hole Mergers, if They’re out There
The tumultuous era of the big bang may have been chaotic enough to flood the universe with primordial black holes.…
Gravitational-Wave Detector Could Sense Merging Primordial Black Holes With the Mass of a Planet, Millions of Light-Years Away
A new idea for detecting gravitational waves might allow us to discover planet-mass primordial black holes.