New research in computer science has shown that information is always being lost on the web. Some of the loss of information can be attributed to problems with the server or end host. However, these cyber black holes have been found to be a common occurence.

A team of scientists now monitors these black holes and maps where they occur. This team is led by Ethan Katz-Bassett, a graduate student in computer science at the University of Washington. The team hopes that the information they collect will help ISPs find the cause of the problem. The project is called Hubble,  because of the the black hole connection. The team will present the information they have collected at  the Usenix Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation in San Francisco next week.