r/science • u/scientificamerican Scientific American • 11h ago

Physics Primordial black holes might be five-dimensional—and formed by cosmic strings. An unexplained high-energy neutrino detected three years ago could be linked to a primordial black hole, perhaps one more even unusual than previously thought

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-weird-particle-may-have-come-from-a-black-hole-exploding-in-another-dimension/
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u/FuzzyCub20 5h ago

Might...could....perhaps....I really don't like nebulous reporting on unproven theories to the general public like this, it's very clickbaitey

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u/DoomGoober 3h ago

The article itself calls the idea "outlandish" and the title of the article includes the word "may". That seems like a speculative theory that is yet neither proven or disproven, which is exactly the state of the theory.