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5 Could Atom-Sized Black Holes Be Detected in Our Solar System?

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 1 place · 09/29/2024 23:39 EDT

Could Atom-Sized Black Holes Be Detected in Our Solar System?

Scientific American has surprising news about the possibility of black holes the size of an atom but containing the mass of an asteroid — the so-called "primordial black holes" formed after the birth of the universe which could solve the ongoing mystery of the missing dark matter.

These atom-sized black holes "may fly through the inner solar system about once a decade, scientists say... And if they sneak by the moon or Mars, scientists should be able to detect them, a new study shows."


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