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This strange “spacetime crystal” can suddenly become a black hole

ScienceDailySunday, August 30, 2026 at 3:05 PM

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This strange “spacetime crystal” can suddenly become a black hole
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Physicists have mathematically captured a bizarre “spacetime crystal” that can either dissolve or collapse into a microscopic black hole after only a tiny change in energy.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Physicists have mathematically captured a bizarre “spacetime crystal” that can either dissolve or collapse into a microscopic black hole after only a tiny change in energy.

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Physicists have mathematically captured a bizarre “spacetime crystal” that can either dissolve or collapse into a microscopic black hole after only a tiny change in energy.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.

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