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Gravitational Waves Finally Prove Stephen Hawking's Black Hole Theorem
Physicists have confirmed Stephen Hawking's 1971 black hole area theorem with near-absolute certainty, thanks to gravitational waves from an exceptionally loud black hole collision detected by upgraded LIGO instruments. New Scientist reports: Hawking proposed his black hole area theorem in 1971, wh...
Physicists have confirmed Stephen Hawking's 1971 black hole area theorem with near-absolute certainty, thanks to gravitational waves from an exceptionally loud black hole collision detected by upgraded LIGO instruments. The theorem echoes the second law of thermodynamics, which states that the entropy, or disorder within an object, never decreases. This allowed researchers to verify Hawking's theorem by calculating that the area of the event horizon was indeed larger after the merger.
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