For the first time in history, Southeast University in Nanjing, China has built an electromagnetic black hole. This entity sucks in the light around it with its powerful gravitational pull.

This hand-made black hole is just like those found in outer-space, with the gravity found in it being so strong that it bends the space and time surrounding it, creating an effect that makes all the matter around it spin and create the hole.

This earth-bound black hole is made from 60 annular strips of meta-materials. The individual strips of this material have finite circuit boards etched on their surface and they are connected to one another. The device has a shell and absorber section, which were also created by these materials.

Electromagnetic waves are sent through the device, which traps the waves sent through the shell into the core of the device, where the microwaves are absorbed.

The creators of the device, Tie Jun Cui and Qiang Cheng, say the light that is absorbed by the mechanism turns into heat, which means that it could be possible to use this discovery as a means to harvest solar energy in the future. Neat, don't you think?

[Via: Engadget]