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Stephen Hawking's black hole information paradox could be solved — if the universe has 7 dimensions

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Stephen Hawking's theory of black hole evaporation clashes with the laws of quantum mechanics. A new paper finds a way around this paradox, provided that the universe has seven dimensions.

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The famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking (1942-2018) proposed that black holes emit radiation and evaporate slowly over time, resulting in a disturbing contradiction known as the paradox of information loss.When a black hole evaporates completely, information about everything that has fallen into it seems to fade, violating a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics.For decades, physicists have tried to solve this paradox.Now, a new st…

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