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 ...

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have witnessed high-speed "burps" erupting from a distant overfeeding ...

Traditionally thought to go silent after a brief flare of activity, some black holes are now being observed emitting new ...

One of the most perplexing discoveries in modern astronomy has been finding supermassive black holes, some weighing billions ...

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...