OriginalSourceScienceDailyUnited StatesLeanCenterCredibilityPublished01:27 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFCSourceScienceDailyUnited StatesLeanCenterCredibilityPublished01:27 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFC
“Scientists just found a loophole that could let black holes split in two”
Scientists propose a loophole that might let black holes split.
Key points
- Study suggests extremely fast-spinning black holes could divide into two.
- Research published in Physical Review D examines pair-of-pants topologies.
- Thermodynamics and entropy usually prevent splitting, except under extreme rotation.
- Two resulting holes must separate sufficiently to avoid immediate merger.
- gamma-ray telescopes like Fermi-LAT could indirectly detect fragments.
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