{"id":232113,"date":"2024-06-14T00:42:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T00:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/odd-black-holes-smaller-than-protons-may-have-once-littered-the-cosmos\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:17:09","slug":"odd-black-holes-smaller-than-protons-may-have-once-littered-the-cosmos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/odd-black-holes-smaller-than-protons-may-have-once-littered-the-cosmos\/","title":{"rendered":"Odd black holes smaller than protons may have once littered the cosmos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13182235\/SEI_208523945.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2435615\" data-caption=\"Colour-charged black holes may have formed in the early universe\" data-credit=\"betibup33\/Shutterstock\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Colour-charged black holes may have formed in the early universe<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">betibup33\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The universe may have once been speckled with tiny black holes with a strange property called colour charge. 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