Elusive medium-sized black holes can form in dense ‘nurses’

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The researchers found that elusive intermediate-mass black holes can form in dense star clusters containing anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of tightly packed stars, called “globular clusters.” An intermediate-mass black hole has a mass between 100 and 10,000 suns. They are heavier than solar-mass black holes, which have a mass range between 10 … Read more

Scientists may have finally solved the problem of “missing” black holes in the universe

A black hole is so compact that nothing can escape its gravitational pull, not even light.

The early universe contained far fewer miniatures black holes than previously thought, making the origin of the missing matter in our cosmos even more of a mystery, a new study suggests. Miniature or primordial black holes (PBHs) are black holes thought to have formed in the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang. … Read more

If the Big Bang created miniature black holes, where are they?

A dark scene of space has illustrations of a bunch of black circles with hazy white rings around each one.

The search for extinct, miniature black holes left over from the Big Bang may be heating up. Just when the trail of such tiny black holes seemed to have gone cold, an international team of scientists discovered clues in quantum physics that could reopen the case. One reason the search for these so-called primordial black … Read more

Black eye: Panasonic caught red-handed using Nikon photo to promote multiple cameras

Panasonic uses a photograph taken on a Nikon, by photographer Mircea Bezergheanu, to illustrate the capabilities of Lumix cameras

In a serious blow to the manufacturer, Panasonic has been caught red-handed using an image taken with a Nikon camera on the product page for its latest release, the Panasonic Lumix S9. It’s getting worse. Not only was the image captured with a Nikon camera, but also by a former Nikon ambassador. It’s getting worse. … Read more