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Researchers have derived an exact mathematical formula explaining how black holes can form from spacetime crystals without a dying star.
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Frankfurt, Germany and Vienna, Austria
Who
researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt and TU Wien, Prof. Daniel Grumiller, Christian Ecker, Florian Ecker
What
Researchers have derived an exact mathematical formula explaining how black holes can form from spacetime crystals without a dying star.
When
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:30:00 GMT · 2h 41m ago
Where
Frankfurt, Germany and Vienna, Austria ·
Why
This breakthrough solves a 30-year-old mystery, advanced by a 1993 computer simulation, about critical collapse at the boundary between ordinary spacetime and black hole formation.
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This new understanding of black hole formation could refine theoretical physics on critical collapse and assist in the search for primordial black holes, which are proposed candidates for dark matter, impacting future observatory interpretations.
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