New Black Hole Theory Challenges a 110-Year Understanding of Singularities
Peer-reviewed EPJ Plus paper introduces a mechanical failure criterion for spacetime, reframing black hole singularities as continuum breakdown rather than physical infinities.
PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL, February 10, 2026 -- A newly published peer reviewed physics paper presents a new explanation for what happens at the centers of black holes.
For more than 100 years, black hole singularities have been described as points of infinite curvature. While this mathematical description is widely used, many physicists consider it unphysical. The new paper proposes that singularities do not represent physical infinities but instead mark the point where the mathematical description of spacetime breaks down. The work introduces a mechanical failure condition for spacetime, similar to how materials fail under extreme stress or how fluid models fail at small scales. Using established equations from general relativity, the paper identifies a clear threshold where the continuum description of spacetime no longer applies. The proposed framework does not alter any tested predictions of general relativity outside the event horizon, and observable black hole behavior remains unchanged. The result provides a physically grounded way to understand singularities without invoking infinite quantities. The research was conducted independently and self-funded. The paper was published online January 7, 2026, in European Physical Journal Plus, an international physics journal published by Springer Nature.
Published paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-07237-5
Preprint (free access): https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202511.1552
Michael Aaron Cody is an independent theoretical physicist with more than 20 years of self-directed study and 10 years of university work. His work focuses on first-principles approaches to long-standing problems in physics and has been published across multiple peer-reviewed journals and research outlets.
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