Is the Earth riddled with holes because it captured a "primordial black hole"?

(NLDO) - A new study shows that "primordial black holes", a hypothetical object from the early universe, could be hiding right on Earth.

Objects called "primordial black holes" have been theorized for years, but no scientific body has actually observed them, according to Sci-News.

Theories suggest that "primordial black holes" were among the first objects in the universe, born shortly after the Big Bang.

They could be the "seeds" of the giant black holes that telescopes have seen in the early universe, candidates for dark matter, and sources of primordial gravitational waves that could help solve many cosmological problems.

"Primordial black holes" - Graphic image: NASA

According to new research led by Professor Dejan Stojkovic from the University of Buffalo and Dr. De-Chang Dai from Case Western Reserve University (USA), there is a place where we can find this mysterious object that few people think of: Right on Earth.

“We have to think outside the box because what has been done before to find primordial black holes has not worked,” said Professor Stojkovic.

Their models suggest that the currently theoretical "primordial black holes" could still exist in the same state as they did 13.8 billion years ago and roam the universe.

They could be captured by rocky planets or asteroids, in which case they would consume the material of their captor and leave behind a hollow structure.

With the Earth being so large, they can leave microscopic tunnels in very old rocks, or even glass or other solid structures in very old buildings.

It is possible for it to pass through living organisms - although rare - but it would not cause any damage because biological tissues are elastic enough to allow this microscopic object to pass through smoothly.

"Although the kinetic energy of the primordial black hole can be very large, it cannot release much energy during the collision because it is moving too fast. If it is faster than the speed of sound, the molecular structure of that medium will not have time to react," explained Professor Stojkovic.

This research, recently published in Dark Universe , also shows that "primordial black holes" can also attack cosmic objects much smaller than Earth.

If it is a small object, these black holes can gradually consume the liquid core inside and turn the object into an empty shell.

These hollow shells must be no larger than 1/10th the size of Earth. They can be detected through telescopes, as hollow objects have unusually low densities.

For objects without liquid cores, primordial black holes may simply pass through and leave a straight microscopic tunnel, like the ones it leaves in the solid structures of Earth.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/trai-dat-bi-thung-lo-vi-bat-giu-lo-den-nguyen-thuy-196241204095636667.htm