Wednesday, May 27, 2026

When Spacetime Crystallises, a Black Hole is Born

The Event Horizon Telescope captured this image of the black hole at the centre of the galaxy M87. Other black holes are thought to form out of the crystallisation of space time (Credit : Event Horizon Telescope)

Physicists have thought for decades that microscopic black holes can theoretically emerge not from exploding stars but from delicate "critical states" in which space and time organise themselves into a crystal like structure. Now, for the first time, researchers from TU Wien and Goethe University Frankfurt have derived an exact mathematical formula describing this bizarre phenomenon using a surprising trick involving infinitely many dimensions!



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