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Hawking radiation

space Maturity 11-13

Black holes are very dark.

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Andrew Hamilton schwarzchild waterfall.gif
They pull things in. But they can also let out tiny bits of light. This light makes them shrink. Soon, they might go away. Do you think space is big?

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