Did Hawking Radiation Shape the Universe? New Study Suggests Early Black Holes Played a Crucial Role

Did Hawking Radiation Shape the Universe? New Study Suggests Early Black Holes Played a Crucial Role

A groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics suggests that Hawking radiation, a phenomenon first theorized by the late physicist Stephen Hawking, may have played a significant role in shaping the structure of the early universe. The research revisits the long-debated idea that primordial black holes, formed shortly after the Big Bang, may have once dominated the energy makeup of the cosmos — only to late…

Hawking's radiation: the revolution of a theoretical concept More than 40 years ago, Stephen Hawking introduced a revolutionary idea that would transform our understanding of black holes. Traditionally, it was thought that these gigantic celestial objects swallowed up everything that approached them, without ever restoring anything. However, Hawking demonstrated that, paradoxically, black holes could emit light, or more precisely, radiation. Thi…