How Does Tiny Black Holes Might Have Left Holes in… Everything Work?

Tiny black holes might have left holes in everything like when you bite a hole in your snack bag, but much more powerful!

Imagine you’re holding a super-strong, invisible cookie. That’s what the universe was like before tiny black holes came along. These tiny black holes are like super-bitey cookies, they’re so strong, they could eat through everything around them.

What Tiny Black Holes Do

When a tiny black hole passes through something, it's like when you bite into your snack bag and leave a big hole behind. The more the tiny black hole bites, the bigger the hole gets. If it keeps going, it might even make a big hole all the way through, just like if you bit from one side of the bag to the other!

These holes could be in anything, your snack bag, the ground under your feet, or even the sky above! That’s why scientists think tiny black holes might have left holes in everything, they're like invisible cookie-biters in the universe.

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  1. Imagine a tiny black hole like a marble, but it can swallow entire planets.
  2. Tiny black holes might have left invisible 'holes' in the fabric of space-time.
  3. These small black holes could be scattered throughout the galaxy.

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