Did we see a black hole explode? If so, it could explain a lot

Did we just see a black hole explode? UMass Amherst’s physicists think so. This artist’s concept takes a fanciful approach to imagining small primordial black holes. Image via NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center.

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• An “impossible” ultra-high-energy neutrino – detected in 2023 – might have come from the explosion of a tiny primordial black hole.
• This led astronomers to a new dark-charge model.