Stephen Hawking’s black hole prediction finally comes true – why it’s a breakthrough for science | – The Times of India
Stephen Hawking, one of the most famous physicists in history, made a bold prediction in 1971 that the surface of a black hole, called its event horizon, can never shrink. For decades, this remained a theory without direct proof. Now, scientists using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, have captured an event that confirms…