original black holes

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will hunt for small black holes left over from the Big Bang

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Black Hole Week is in full swing and to celebrate, NASA has explained how its next big astronomical instrument, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, will hunt for small black holes dating back to the Big Bang. When we think of black holes, we tend to imagine enormous cosmic monsters, such as stellar-mass black holes … Read more

Small black holes left over from the Big Bang could be the prime suspects of dark matter

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When it comes to primordial black holes being dark matter suspects, their alibi may fall apart. Small black holes, created seconds after the universe’s birth, can survive longer than expected, reviving suspicion that primordial black holes could be responsible for dark matter, the universe’s most mysterious stuff. Dark matter currently represents one of the most … Read more