A Scientist's Tiny Black Hole Brings the Cosmos Into the Lab
A Scientist's Tiny Black Hole Brings the Cosmos Into the Lab
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
November 14, 20196m 9s
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Show Notes
Inside his lab in Israel, Jeff Steinhauer crafts microscopic black holes. These objects are but humble specks, lacking the spaghettifying suction strength of an actual dead star. But Steinhauer, a physicist at the research university Technion, assures me that he’s constructed them mathematically to scale. Zoom in far enough, and you’ll see a miniature event horizon restaging the drama of a true black hole.
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