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Math Proof Draws New Boundaries Around Black Hole Formation

By Steve Nadis
August 16, 2023
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For a half century, mathematicians have tried to define the exact circumstances under which a black hole is destined to exist. A new proof shows how a cube can help answer the question.

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New Calculations Show How to Escape Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox

By Charlie Wood
August 2, 2023
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Inside of a black hole, the two theoretical pillars of 20th-century physics appear to clash. Now a group of young physicists think they have resolved the conflict by appealing to the central pillar of the new century — the physics of quantum information.

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The Physicist Who’s Challenging the Quantum Orthodoxy

By Thomas Lewton
July 10, 2023
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For decades, physicists have struggled to develop a quantum theory of gravity. But what if gravity — and space-time — are fundamentally classical?

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An Enormous Gravity ‘Hum’ Moves Through the Universe

By Jonathan O'Callaghan
June 28, 2023
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Astronomers have found a background din of exceptionally long-wavelength gravitational waves pervading the cosmos.

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The Physicist Who Glues Together Universes

By Charlie Wood
May 25, 2023
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Renate Loll has helped pioneer a radically new approach to quantum gravity. She assumes that the fabric of space-time is a blend of all possible fabrics, and she has developed the computational tools needed to calculate the far-reaching implications of that assumption.

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Mathematicians Find an Infinity of Possible Black Hole Shapes

By Steve Nadis
January 24, 2023
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In three-dimensional space, the surface of a black hole must be a sphere. But a new result shows that in higher dimensions, an infinite number of configurations are possible.

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How to Think About Relativity

By Sean Carroll
November 14, 2022
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Albert Einstein’s ideas about space-time aren’t exactly intuitive, and they aren’t exactly Einstein’s, either.

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At Long Last, Mathematical Proof That Black Holes Are Stable

By Steve Nadis
August 4, 2022
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The solutions to Einstein’s equations that describe a spinning black hole won’t blow up, even when poked or prodded.

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general relativity

Mass and Angular Momentum, Left Ambiguous by Einstein, Get Defined

By Steve Nadis
July 13, 2022
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Surprising as it may sound, 107 years after the introduction of general relativity, the meanings of basic concepts are still being worked out.


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