Satellite could open door on extra dimension

May 31, 2006 | Source: NewScientist.com news service

T%here could be several thousand black holes in the solar system, say Duke University researchers, and they may soon be detected.

Their gravity should bend light passing nearby, so that light passing on one side of a black hole should take a different amount of time to go by than light passing on the other side, detectable by interference patterns during gamma-ray bursts.