Stephen Hawkings prediction about black holes observed in lab

August 17, 2016 17:36

Scientists who created a virtual black hole in the lab claim to have observed for the first time a phenomenon predicted by English physicist Stephen Hawking more than 30 years ago according to which some particles can escape black holes.

Jeff Steinhauer, a physicist at the Israel Institute of Technology built a virtual black hole in the lab in order to prove that Hawkings theory of radiation emanating from black holes is correct though his experiments are based on sound, rather than light.

Steinhauer said that he observed the quantum effects of Hawking radiation in his lab as part of a virtual black hole which, if proven to be true, will be the first time it has ever been achieved.

For many years, scientists believed that nothing could ever escape from a black hole not even light.

However, in 1974, Stephen Hawking suggested particles, that are now called Hawking radiation, could escape black holes.

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