Were the scientists wrong? A fascinating discovery in the solar system

Primordial black holes (PBHs) are basically hypothetical objects that were supposed to be created in the first second after the Big Bang. Now they are to move throughout the cosmos as invisible masses permeating the universe. Fortunately, there is something that can help us find them. Or disprove the theory of their existence. It’s… gravity.

Catch PBH

PBHs are a prime candidate for this dark matter role. A team of physicists from the USA decided to calculate how often they can be found in our neighborhood. For this purpose, the estimated distribution of dark matter in a given area of ​​space was used. Thanks to this, it was discovered that primordial black holes with the mass of an asteroid can pass through the inner solar system as often as once every 10 years! Moreover, their appearance in the area may, among other things, suggest the unique behavior of Earth’s neighbor, Mars.

According to calculations by a team from the USA, If PBH came within about 450 million kilometers of Mars, it would cause a detectable wobble in the red planet’s orbit. – reports sciencealert.com. It is true that the change would be small – only about 1 meter in 10 years, but it would be enough to detect it from Earth. But how do we know that these are primordial black holes and not asteroids? The latter objects fly slower and follow a similar path to the planets. PBH basically flies from where it wants and where it wants at enormous speed (up to 200 kilometers per second!)making their impact on planets such as Mars more noticeable.

However, researchers still want to conduct further research that will help us better understand the possible functioning of these mechanisms. Of course, it is still not certain whether PBHs really existbut more data and careful observation of Mars could help us confirm or disprove this cosmic mystery.