Eli5 What is “Hawkings Radiation”?

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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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It’s radiation given off by black holes. Over a long period of time (e.g. 10^100 years) the mass of the black hole is converted to radiation and the black hole gets smaller and smaller until it disappears.

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