Is the universe swarming with tiny black holes from the beginning of time?

"Black holes warp space. They warp time. They can spin so rapidly they wrap the fabric of spacetime around them like a warm blanket on a winter's day."

"The classic method is to blow up a massive star at the end of its life. The outer layers explode away as a supernova, but the star's core collapses."

"If it's massive enough (about three times as massive as the sun), it collapses all the way down, becoming a black hole."

"There are other ways of making these mindless eating machines, including smashing neutron stars together, letting two black holes merge into a bigger black hole."

Black holes are fascinating cosmic entities that warp both space and time. They can spin rapidly, affecting the fabric of spacetime. Forming a black hole involves compressing enough matter into a small volume until the escape velocity equals the speed of light. The classic formation method is through the collapse of a massive star after a supernova. Other formation methods include merging neutron stars or black holes, and accumulating matter influenced by dark matter to create supermassive black holes.

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