Stephen Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox May Finally Be Solved

“Hawking Radiation” is one of Stephen Hawking’s discoveries about black holes in space. Recently, there have been newer developments in the late physicist’s finding. A black hole radiates churning matter that appears around it. This matter, as described by Hawkins, contains information.

This information surrounding the radiation can also be known as “quantum hair.” As recent research shows, the information in the black hole’s radiation holds details of the origin of the large star that created them.

For many years, Stephen Hawking worked on various problems. Recently, scientists can now address the paradox of radiation findings.

The Black Hole Problem

A black hole’s radiation comes out as heat, earning the moniker “Hawking radiation.” The vapor emitted from a black hole’s radiation carries information about the star, and the heat of the radiation might destroy it.

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The law of quantum mechanics declares that information is indestructible. In addition, the remnants still contain clues of their original form even when destroyed. Cosmologists named it the “Hawking information paradox.”

A physics professor at the University of Sussex Xavier Calmet, said there is an understanding of how the physical phenomenon of information eludes a decaying black hole. He came up with a solution that could make the information in the radiation still intact by modifying the thermal nature.

Also, the gravitational pull of a black hole is strong enough to hold information and light. They form as the exhaust fuel of huge stars and collapse in on themselves.

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In classical physics, black holes are very simple objects characterized by three numbers: mass, angular momentum, and electric charge. John Wheeler, a renowned physicist, illustrates this lack of differences in characteristics by saying, “Black holes have no hair.”

Though Calmet claims that the original star is a complex astrophysical object. It contains electrons, protons, and neutrons, which combine elements that construct the chemical composition of a star. The simple one is the destroyed black hole.

As time goes on, when a black hole evaporates through radiation, it leaves a vacuum. Calmet hypothesizes from the radiation. He said that this vacuum could lead to reconstructing it from the destroyed stage to its origin and identifying the star.

Calmet has been jointly researching with a team in Michigan to explain Hawking’s radiation mystery since 2019. In March 2022, the team discussed that black holes possess “quantum hair.” It appears in the form of a special quantum imprint in the gravitational area around them.