Researchers have found that black holes may exert pressure on their surroundings. The discovery made by a team of astronomers in the U.K. builds on a theory posited by Stephen Hawking in 1974, which ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of a black hole accretion disk glowing with radiation. New research suggests that ...

On its own, a black hole is remarkably easy to describe. The only observable properties a black hole has are its mass, its electric charge (usually zero), and its rotation, or spin. It doesn’t matter ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Geralt via Pixabay Primordial black holes (PBHs), which are thought to have formed right ...

Hawking radiation, a theoretical prediction arising from the interplay between quantum mechanics and general relativity, posits that black holes emit thermal radiation due to quantum effects near the ...

Yes, black holes can die, and the process is called Hawking radiation. The faintness of Hawking radiation makes it virtually impossible to observe in the black holes we can see today. A black hole ...

We explore the hidden flaws in our most trusted black hole theories, including the famous Hawking radiation. Physicists often rely on idealized models—like imagining black holes as perfectly spherical ...

The end of everything is coming sooner than we thought—but don't worry, you've probably still got time to work through your bucket list. This is the conclusion of researchers from Radboud University ...

Today’s Google Doodle honors the late physicist Stephen Hawking on his 80 th birthday. Hawking was a renowned cosmologist, and he spent his career theorizing about the origins of the universe, the ...