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Black Hole Singularities Are as Inescapable as Expected

By Steve Nadis
December 2, 2019
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For the first time, physicists have calculated exactly what kind of singularity lies at the center of a realistic black hole.

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The Simple Idea Behind Einstein’s Greatest Discoveries

By K.C. Cole
June 26, 2019
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Lurking behind Einstein’s theory of gravity and our modern understanding of particle physics is the deceptively simple idea of symmetry. But physicists are beginning to question whether focusing on symmetry is still as productive as it once was.

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Philosophers Debate New ‘Sonic Black Hole’ Discovery

By Natalie Wolchover
June 25, 2019
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Opinions differ about what recent measurements of a sound-trapping fluid reveal about light-trapping black holes.

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How Our Universe Could Emerge as a Hologram

By Natalie Wolchover
February 21, 2019
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Physicists have devised a holographic model of “de Sitter space,” the term for a universe like ours, that could give us new clues about the origin of space and time.

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The Double Life of Black Holes

By Sabine Hossenfelder
January 29, 2019
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Perfect black holes are versatile mathematical tools. Just don’t mistake them for the real thing.

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How Space and Time Could Be a Quantum Error-Correcting Code

By Natalie Wolchover
January 3, 2019
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The same codes needed to thwart errors in quantum computers may also give the fabric of space-time its intrinsic robustness.

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How Holography Could Help Solve Quantum Gravity

By Thomas Lin
November 14, 2018
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In the latest campaign to reconcile Einstein’s theory of gravity with quantum mechanics, many physicists are studying how a higher dimensional space that includes gravity arises like a hologram from a lower dimensional particle theory.

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Black Hole Firewalls Could Be Too Tepid to Burn

By Charlie Wood
August 22, 2018
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String theorists elide a paradox about black holes by extinguishing the walls of fire feared to surround them.

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Dark Energy May Be Incompatible With String Theory

By Natalie Wolchover
August 9, 2018
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A controversial new paper argues that universes with dark energy profiles like ours do not exist in the “landscape” of universes allowed by string theory.


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