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Letter: Comebacks on the bouncing black holes (2)

Published 18 November 2020

From Rollo Reid, Christchurch, Dorset, UK

Stephen Hawking made a big splash when he forecast Hawking radiation coming out of black holes in such a way that, over time, a black hole could evaporate. Rovelli makes no mention of Hawking radiation in the extract from his book. Is Hawking radiation now dead in the water, being replaced with a more dramatic white hole?

Issue no. 3309 published 18 November 2020

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