Why did Stephen Hawking change his mind about his black hole theory?
In 1975, Stephen Hawking argued that black holes, objects that formed through the collapse of massive stars, destroyed everything that fell through them. Not even light could escape their gravitational pull. Hence the name, “black holes.” His black hole theory became quite popular in scientific circles during the 1980s. When Hawking suggested that matter traveling through a black hole would disappear into a parallel universe, even sci-fi aficionados were hooked. However, his theory couldn’t explain a fundamental paradox. Matter entering a black hole could not just “disappear;” quantum physics laws state that matter can neither be created nor destroyed. The paradox inspired a 30-year debate among scientists th
