Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for first time

Re:Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole t... by realYitzi on Thursday July 01, 2021 @05:15AM (#27697504)

Anyone can think of any practical effect this might have or is this something that at the moment seems to have only scientific relevance.

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Re:Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole t... by eru on Thursday July 01, 2021 @06:43AM (#27697893)

Well, if the result had turned out the other way, we might have seen some practical effects, because it would overturn some well-established theories that we also use for predicting more practical things.

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Re:Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole t... by tibbetts on Thursday July 01, 2021 @07:43AM (#27698155)

I’m waiting for a Greg Egan short story to explain this better.

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Re:Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole t... by wyager on Thursday July 01, 2021 @08:22AM (#27698372)

Looks like he already has one on BH boundaries: https://www.gregegan.net/PLANCK/Planck.html

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