Based on Einstein's general theory of relativity, nothing can escape the event horizon of a Black Hole, but based on quantum mechanics, for every particle there is an antiparticle. These particles are created at the same time, go through an existence, and collide to annihilate each other. With respect to the Black Hole, one of these particles falls into the Hole, leaving the other outside of the event horizon, emitting radiation. ... When granted an audience with the Pope, Hawking was told that it was OK to study the evolution of the universe after the Big Bang but to not inquire about th...

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In 1974, Hawking proposed that, in accordance with the predications of quantum theory, black holes emit subatomic particles until they exhaust all their energy and finally explode. ... He has been one of the first to try and explain the creation of the universe, the existence of God, and time travel. ... Hawking does believe in the existence of some form of a God or higher being). ...

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