This was partially inspired by the event horizon post, I’ve heard of Hawkings radiation recently but don’t understand it, any help?
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Space isn’t actually empty. There are particles that randomly appear, then colide and eliminate each other. Hawking radiation is basically when these particles appear inside the event horizon of a black hole, but it’s partner is outside and escapes. This basically means the black hole is “radiating” particles. Over trillions of years this may even cause the black hole to shrink and disappear.
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