The bold question-askers at What If explore why having a black hole in our Solar System would be a catastrophic scenario.

The possibility that black holes may be lurking within the solar system is a tantalizing prospect for astrophysicists. Recent studies suggest that primordial black holes, which are believed to ...

One Black Hole May Pass Through Our Solar System Every Decade, Study Finds. Published Sep 17, 2024 at 11:31 AM EDT Updated Sep 18, 2024 at 1:54 PM EDT. By .

If microscopic black holes born a fraction of a second after the Big Bang exist, then at least one may fly through the solar system per decade, generating tiny gravitational distortions.

In a study published Tuesday in the journal Physical Review D, physicists at MIT say the presence of a tiny black hole speeding through the solar system could be identified by the gentle ...

If a black hole did wander into our solar system, the largest effects would be gravitational. And those effects would depend on the mass of the black hole. You may like ...

In a study published Tuesday in the journal Physical Review D, physicists at MIT say the presence of a tiny black hole speeding through the solar system could be identified by the gentle ...

A primordial black hole in the solar system (illustrated) could make its presence known by altering the orbits of planets. Benjamin V. Lehmann, with use of SpaceEngine@Cosmographic Software LLC ...

Instead, they say that if primordial black holes exist and make up most of dark matter, "then one must travel through the inner solar system every one to 10 years." ...