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Humhum, black holes still emit something? Was it alpha radiation? I don't remember whet it was


They emit Hawking radiation from the event horizon itself, not from the area inside the event horizon. As far as it is theorized, they shrink by emitting this radiation. This phenomenon is poorly understood and likely impossible to study, at least until we have a quantum account of gravity. But what is clear is that a particle that has crossed the event horizon will never again cross it back, the very geometry of space prevents this.




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