This strange “spacetime crystal” can suddenly become a black hole

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Physics allows for black holes far smaller than the enormous objects typically found at the centers of galaxies or created when massive stars collapse. Under the right conditions, microscopic black holes could also form when spacetime enters an unusual critical state and organizes into a repeating, crystal-like pattern.

Researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt and TU Wien have now found a way to describe this process mathematically. For the first time, the...

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