While bigger black holes could be even more deadly, this is the smallest black hole that could be fatal. Thankfully, Professor Scherrer maintains that the risk to humanity is essentially zero.

"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in ...

A controversial theory suggests the observable universe is the result of matter rebounding after the collapse of a black hole ...

Scientists are BAFFLED after spotting a lone black hole drifting through space - with no star orbiting it. READ MORE: Study reveals how micro black hole would implode your brain By WILIAM HUNTER ...

In a 1939 paper, Oppenheimer, then a particle physicist, declared that black holes were the inevitable result of the Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, contrary to the hopes of that ...

A black hole is formed when a really massive star runs out of fuel to fuse, blows up, leaving its core to implode under its weight to form a black hole. The centre of a black hole is a ...

Immediately, a black hole forms in its core, which then sucks in the surrounding material, quickly plumping up to a mass of over 1,000, or even 10,000, times the mass of the sun.

Study reveals how micro black hole would implode your brain if you accidentally walked through one. READ MORE: Scientists spot a massive black hole taking a 'nap' after eating By WILIAM HUNTER ...