{
  "id": 9258251,
  "title": "The LHC just ruled out another hiding place for quantum black holes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/the-lhc-just-ruled-out-another-hiding-place-for-quantum-black-holes",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-23T03:32:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260922005649.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Physicists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have expanded their search for microscopic black holes at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe. These hypothetical black holes would be minuscule and fleeting, potentially shedding light on questions surrounding spacetime and gravity. The investigation also allowed researchers to assess a novel method for discovering rare and unknown particles. Despite a lack of evidence, the search still provided valuable insights by ruling out possible hiding places for quantum black holes.",
  "summary": "Physicists searching through Large Hadron Collider data found no evidence that the machine has been producing microscopic quantum black holes, but the result sharply narrows where such exotic physics could still be hiding. These hypothetical black holes could form if extra spatial dimensions make gravity much stronger at extremely tiny scales, potentially offering clues toward the long-sought…",
  "key_points": [
    "Physicists at UC Santa Barbara expanded search for microscopic black holes at LHC.",
    "Explored novel method to discover rare and unknown particles.",
    "Ruled out hiding places for quantum black holes."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Ruling out another hiding place for quantum black holes refines the search for these hypothetical objects and sheds light on the methods used to discover rare particles.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}