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How a Quantum “Pillow” Saves a Black Hole from Infinity ⚡ экспресс

Original: "Observational Constraints on Kazakov-Solodukhin Quantum-Deformed Black Holes from M87$$^*$$ and Sgr A$$^*$$ Shadows"
arXiv:2607.02631 · 2026-07-02 · CC BY · ⏱ 1 min · General Relativity
A quantum “pillow” turns the deadly infinity at a black hole’s center into a smooth bottom — and it shows in its shadow.
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Black holes normally crush everything into a point of infinite density. But in the quantum world, infinities don’t exist — spacetime at the very bottom becomes smooth, like the bottom of a bowl. This changes everything: from how the hole evaporates to what kind of shadow it casts.

🎯 If quantum corrections were slightly stronger, a black hole could lose its horizon entirely, exposing its smooth core to the outside world.

🎬 In the movie Interstellar, the heroes hope to unravel the quantum mysteries inside a black hole — and the new model makes that idea a bit less fantastic.

Scientists
Stephen HawkingJacob BekensteinAlbert EinsteinFritz ZwickyVera RubinBernhard Riemann
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black hole spacetime curvature entropy
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second law of thermodynamicsHawking radiationgravitational lensingBekenstein-Hawking entropyEinstein field equationsBoltzmann distribution
Original: arXiv:2607.02631 · CC BY · bridge42worlds