hawking radiation
Stephen Hawking has passed away at age 76
Stephen Hawking passed away on Wednesday morning, March 14th, at his home in Cambridge. He leaves behind a loving family,…
How Cold Are Black Holes?
Black holes absorb everything that falls into them, including photons of light and heat. So what does it mean to…
Who was Stephen Hawking?
With countless contributions to the sciences, Stephen Hawking is one of the greatest living minds, and one of the greatest…
What is the Black Hole Information Paradox?
Have you heard that black holes destroy any information that goes into them? Why is this such a big problem…
Don’t Look At Black Holes Too Closely, They Might Disappear
We've come a long way in 13.8 billion years; but despite our impressively extensive understanding of the Universe, there are still…
Hawking Radiation Replicated in a Laboratory?
Dr. Stephen Hawking delivered a disturbing theory in 1974 that claimed black holes evaporate. He said black holes are not…
Planck “Star” to Arise From Black Holes?
A new paper has been posted on the arxiv (a repository of research preprints) introducing the idea of a Planck star…
Hawking(ish) Radiation Observed
In 1974, Steven Hawking proposed a seemingly ridiculous hypothesis. Black holes, the gravitational monsters from which nothing escapes, evaporate. To…
Hawking Radiation
[/caption] When humans starve, they grow thin and eventually die; when a black hole starves, it too grows thin and…