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'Hawking radiation' may be erasing black holes. Watching it happen could reveal new physics.

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Primordial black holes (PBHs) may be heating up and exploding throughout the universe.

These black hole explosions could be detected by upcoming telescopes.

PBHs are thought to have formed within fractions of a second after the Big Bang and may have been as small as subatomic particles.

If they exist, they could provide a natural explanation for dark matter, the invisible entity that makes up 85% of the matter.

No exploding PBH has been detected yet, but the tools and methods developed by Calzà and Rosa 's team could pave the way for future discoveries.

The researchers emphasized that dedicated experiments may not be necessary.

Several new gamma-ray and neutrino telescopes with unprecedented sensitivity are already in development.