Category: Medium

• Why the death of black holes is a big problem for physics

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Part 4 of my 4-part series on black holes for Medium members is up; part 1 is here,  part 2 is here, and part 3 is here. If enough of…

  Matthew R. Francis

  October 26, 2017

  Medium

  black holes, Hawking radiation, information paradox, quantum gravity, Stephen Hawking

• Guardians of the Galaxy…er, black holes vol. 3

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Part 3 of my 4-part series on black holes for Medium members is up; part 1 is here and part 2 is here. If enough of you read, they may…

  Matthew R. Francis

  September 11, 2017

  Medium, Writing for Other Sites

  black holes, Event Horizon Telescope, pulsar timing arrays, radio astronomy, supermassive black holes

• The Care and Feeding of Black Holes

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Part 2 of my 4-part series on black holes for Medium members is up; you can read part 1 here. If enough of you read, they may keep me…

  Matthew R. Francis

  September 5, 2017

  Medium

  black holes, blazars, quasars, radio astronomy, supermassive black holes

• My new series on black holes!

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] I’ve just started a new series on black holes for Medium members. The first part is available now, with three more parts to come. And if enough of you…

  Matthew R. Francis

  July 26, 2017

  Medium

  astronomy, astrophysics, black holes, gravitational waves, supermassive black holes