"[Thorpe] was catapulted out of the scissor lift when it was approximately 19-20 feet up and landed on the ground," the ...

New research suggests that primordial black holes created during the Big Bang could have played a major role in forming the ...

"Primordial black holes should form during the first few seconds after the Big Bang. If they exist, they have some advantages over astrophysical black holes," Regan said.

Comparison table showing DUT predictions and JWST observations, highlighting alignment in mass, star formation rate, infrared emission, ionizatio ...

Primordial black holes could be a type of dark matter called MACHOs, which stands for massive compact halo objects, because astronomers think they’re found in the halos, or outskirts, of galaxies.

More information: De-Chang Dai et al, Searching for small primordial black holes in planets, asteroids and here on Earth, Physics of the Dark Universe (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.dark.2024.101662.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Imagine the formation of a black hole and you’ll probably envision a massive star running out of fuel and collapsing in on itself. Yet the chaotic conditions of the early universe may ...

Massive primordial black holes could be the long sought answer. Such large, heavy objects might also have served as the anchors around which early galaxies coalesced, another conundrum that has ...

However, the case for primordial black holes isn’t yet complete. “Our results suggest the tantalizing possibility that LIGO/Virgo may have already detected black holes formed after inflation ...

That is, a hypothetical primordial black hole (PBH) with a horizon size no larger than a grapefruit, and with a mass 5 to 10 times that of Earth. How might it be detected?