Nothing can escape a black hole's massive gravity, but it may still be possible to detect what's happening inside it
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We may be able to elucidate what happens to matter that falls into a black hole, something that was previously thought impossible. This is because some parts of the black hole's interior, called “islands,” may actually protrude measurably outside the hole. If we can do this, Stephen Hawking's long-standing black hole paradox may finally be solved.
In the 1970s, Stephen Hawking realized that:
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