‘Stephen Hawking’s Revenge’: Tiny black hole may have exploded and fired a cosmic bullet at Earth

Produced by: Manoj Kumar

Ghostly Blast

A neutrino 25 times stronger than any atom smasher’s output may be the dying scream of a black hole — one theorized by Hawking 50 years ago, says a new arXiv study.

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Elephant Blackholes

Imagine a black hole weighing as much as two African elephants — and smaller than an atom. That’s what may have exploded, firing a cosmic bullet at Earth, researchers suggest.

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Hawking’s Echo

Decades after Stephen Hawking predicted tiny black holes would evaporate, scientists may have caught one’s final, fiery breath in a neutrino flash from deep space.

Space-Time Firework

A relic of the Big Bang, shrinking for billions of years, may have burst in a high-energy finale — and Earth’s detectors might have finally heard its whisper, say physicists.

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Hidden Matter

Could these tiny black holes be the dark matter we’ve been chasing for decades? If so, they might be lighting up the cosmos as they die, hinting at a universe teeming with unseen giants.

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Quantum Secrets

A bizarre force called “memory burden” may let black holes defy death for eons — until, one day, they unleash particles like the monster neutrino KM3NeT just caught.

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Exploding Shadows

If primordial black holes are real, they may be exploding all around us — and the neutrino detected might be the first clue to this hidden cosmic fireworks show.

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Cosmic Timebomb

Born in the chaos of the Big Bang, a black hole the size of a truck but heavier than elephants may have just blown itself apart — and Earth caught the shockwave.

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Neutrino Mystery

The most powerful ghost particle ever seen may be a cosmic message from a black hole’s last moments — potentially reshaping what we know of dark matter and the universe itself.

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