Stephen Hawking's most famous prediction could mean that everything in the universe is doomed to evaporate, new study says
Jun 6, 2023 15:25:48 #
bwana wrote:
Everything dies; animals, plants, planets, stars, galaxies and universes.
bwa
bwa
When you say " Everything " dies you also infer that there is something called " Nothing " that does not die... THIS is the problem with our dualistic existence.
Jun 6, 2023 17:07:24 #
Klickitatdave
Loc: Seattle Washington
Wait until you explore the theory/ phenomenon of quantum retro-causality. Now that is truly mind-blowing.
Jun 6, 2023 18:20:34 #
therwol
Loc: USA
bcheary wrote:
https://www.livescience.com/space/black-holes/stephen-hawkings-most-famous-prediction-could-mean-that-everything-in-the-universe-is-doomed-to-evaporate-new-study-says
"A new theory has radically revised Stephen Hawking's 1974 theory of black holes to predict that all objects with mass may eventually disappear." By Ben Turner
An artist's illustration of three black holes merging. (Image credit: Shutterstock)
"A new theory has radically revised Stephen Hawking's 1974 theory of black holes to predict that all objects with mass may eventually disappear." By Ben Turner
An artist's illustration of three black holes merging. (Image credit: Shutterstock)
Hawking radiation has so far not been observed in the universe, only in a lab simulation. It could be real, but if so, the time it would take for everything to "evaporate" is orders of magnitude longer than the estimated current age of the universe.
Stephen Hawking was a brilliant physicist, but he did make mistakes and admitted so. For example, in the expansion/contraction model of the universe, he once predicted that during the contraction phase, time would run backward. Perhaps someday we'll know whether he was right on this, not that it will do us any practical good.
Jun 6, 2023 18:49:53 #
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