Black Hole Bomb Successfully Simulated in Lab!

Researchers have created the first laboratory analog of the 'black hole bomb,' a theoretical concept from the 1970s. While black holes are known for their inescapable gravity, Penrose proposed in 1971 that a rotating black hole's energy could amplify nearby particles. Zel'dovich later showed a rotating, symmetrical object in a resonant chamber could achieve a similar effect. Adding mirrors creates a positive feedback loop, amplifying energy until explosion. A team from the University of Southampton used a rotating aluminum cylinder and magnetic fields to simulate this, confirming amplification when the cylinder rotates faster than and in the same direction as the magnetic field. This experiment represents a significant step toward understanding black hole physics.