Research scientists were able to create an artificially induced black hole in a laboratory by firing a stream of intense, brief laser pulses inside an optical fiber.

“The most surprising aspect for me is how simple it actually is to create artificial event horizons,” Leonhardt told LiveScience.

He and his colleagues detailed their findings in the March 7 issue of the journal Science.

It seems that the utilization and applications for fiber optics are limitless!

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