black hole information paradox

The same codes needed to thwart errors in quantum computers may also give the fabric of space-time its intrinsic robustness.

The renowned physicist Leonard Susskind has identified a possible quantum origin for the ever-growing volume of black holes.

String theorists elide a paradox about black holes by extinguishing the walls of fire feared to surround them.

The renowned British physicist, who died at 76, left behind a riddle that could eventually lead his successors to the theory of quantum gravity.

Physicists theorize that a new “traversable” kind of wormhole could resolve a baffling paradox and rescue information that falls into black holes.

Can a fluid analogue of a black hole point physicists toward the theory of quantum gravity, or is it a red herring?

The physicist-mathematician Miranda Cheng is working to harness a mysterious connection between string theory, algebra and number theory.

Two leading candidates for a “theory of everything,” long thought to be incompatible, may be two sides of the same coin.

By replacing black holes with fuzzballs — dense, star-like objects from string theory — researchers think they can avoid some knotty paradoxes at the edge of physics.