For the first time, physicists have created a "black hole bomb" in the lab, providing evidence for the "Zel’dovich effect" proposed half a century ago. The idea behind the Zel’dovich effect came from ...

Ever since general relativity pointed to the existence of black holes, the scientific community has been wary of one peculiar feature: the singularity at the center—a point, hidden behind the event ...

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