• Question: How does a black hole give off light?

    Asked by Lone Wolf to Dominic, James, Jenny, Kevin, Norah on 8 Mar 2017. This question was also asked by lone shadow.
    • Photo: Dominic Doyle

      Dominic Doyle answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      That’s a profound question – something for Prof. Stephen Hawking
      Prof. Hawking indeed made the hypothesis that under certain conditions Black Holes can radiate – it was very shocking for Physicists at the time.
      But it was confirmed and is now called Hawking Radiation!
      math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/…/BlackHoles/hawking.htm

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