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It Was Once Thought That a "Black Hole" Absorbed All

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It was once thought that a "black hole" absorbed all the radiation falling upon it and radiated none. If this were true, what would one infer the temperature of a black hole to be? Actually Stephen Hawking discovered that black holes have a VERY small probability of radiating. Modifying your first answer, would you now infer a large or small temperature for a black hole.?

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If no radiation escaped, then ...

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