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A technical overview of spacetime singularities from the Penrose-Hawking theorems to the limits of stellar collapse.

Examine how LQG, string theory, and asymptotic safety resolve the infinite curvature of the classical manifold.

https://cosym.org/2026/05/12/singularities/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Ⅷ: Singularities | coSym.

What are singularities? How do they form from the death of stars? The types general relativity predicts and what the three leading approaches to quantum gravity each propose as a resolution?

coSym.

Hacker News Nov 20, 2025

New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities

https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-proofs-probe-soap-film-singularities-20251112/

#HackerNews #NewProofs #SoapFilm #Singularities #Mathematics #Physics

New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities | Quanta Magazine

Mathematicians have broken through a long-standing barrier in the study of “minimizing surfaces,” which play an important role in both math and physics.

Quanta Magazine

what's trending Jun 22, 2025

Can Water Create Infinity? - Terence Tao on Lex Fridman

#waves #waveequations #singularities

Soapbox Science Brussels Jun 13, 2025

🧑‍🔬✨ Meet the Speakers of Soapbox Science Brussels 2025! ✨🧑‍🔬

🔳 Introducing Sasha Viktorova, postdoctoral researcher in pure #mathematics, studying how shapes behave in higher dimensions and what happens at their most special points: #singularities.

📅 Catch her live on June 28th, 2PM, at Carrefour de l’Europe / Europakruispunt.

🤝 We are still looking for volunteers! Help us make this event a success and fill the form at https://lnkd.in/eCQEHMGp

#WomenInSTEM #ScienceOutreach

N-gated Hacker News May 28, 2025

🚀 Wow, who would've guessed #space-time #singularities aren't just #cosmic #drama queens with an existential crisis? Turns out they're harder to kill than a #B-movie villain with a secret contract. 🕵️‍♂️🔮 #Quanta Magazine’s deep dive into this is like trying to kill a vampire with a plastic spoon. 🥄🧛‍♂️
https://www.quantamagazine.org/singularities-in-space-time-prove-hard-to-kill-20250527/ #Magazine #science #exploration #villains #HackerNews #ngated

Singularities in Space-Time Prove Hard to Kill | Quanta Magazine

Black hole and Big Bang singularities break our best theory of gravity. A trilogy of theorems hints that physicists must go to the ends of space and time to find a fix.

Quanta Magazine

Hacker News May 28, 2025

Singularities in Space-Time Prove Hard to Kill

https://www.quantamagazine.org/singularities-in-space-time-prove-hard-to-kill-20250527/

#HackerNews #Singularities #SpaceTime #BlackHoles #Physics #ScienceNews

Singularities in Space-Time Prove Hard to Kill | Quanta Magazine

Black hole and Big Bang singularities break our best theory of gravity. A trilogy of theorems hints that physicists must go to the ends of space and time to find a fix.

Quanta Magazine