Maths paper claims that black holes are stable

For Quanta Magazine, Steve Nadis explained how solutions to certain Einstein’s equations prove that ‘a spinning black hole won’t blow up, even when poked or prodded‘ via a new paper: In a 912-page paper posted online on May 30, Szeftel, Elena Giorgi of Columbia University and Sergiu Klainerman of Princeton University have proved that slowly rotating Kerr black holes are indeed …