A phenomenon recently studied in theoretical physics may hold considerable interest for astronomers: the explosive decay of primordial black holes through quantum tunnelling. Their detection would be of major theoretical importance.
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Rovelli, C. Planck stars as observational probes of quantum gravity. Nat Astron 1, 0065 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0065
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