Tiny black holes from cosmic collisions express
Original: "New Tests of Low-Scale Quantum Gravity with Cosmic-Ray Collisions"
Collisions of ultra-high-energy particles in space can give birth to tiny black holes, paving the way to understanding gravity at the atomic scale.
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Two cosmic particles, colliding, can give birth to a black hole the size of an atomic nucleus. It would immediately evaporate, flashing with neutrinos. Astrophysicists are already searching for such flashes in neutrino telescope data: if found, it would point to hidden dimensions of space.
🎯 A micro black hole with the mass of a mosquito would vanish in 10^-27 seconds, releasing the energy of a ton of TNT—but safely: almost all of it would go into neutrinos, which would fly right through you unnoticed.
🎬 The idea of particles leaking into other dimensions is reminiscent of the series 'Fringe,' where parallel universes exchanged inexplicable signals.