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The possibility of black holes was known before Stephen Hawking. Stephen Hawking's contribution to the theory was mainly that a black hole would gradually evaporate, due to certain quantum effects that occur close to the black hole's event horizon.

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What impact did Stephen hawking's black hole theory have on people's lives?

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A worm hole is a hypothetical topological feature of Space time. Worm holes arise as the solution to Einstein's general theory of relativity. In the earliest moment of the universe gravity may itself give rise to negative energy states in which natural ,self Stabilizing wormholes may have formed. These wormholes may have been created in Big Bang. The negative energy states could be the basis for Stephen Hawkings theory for wormholes.


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What does Stephen W Hawking say holds light inside black holes in 'The Illustrated Theory of Everything'?

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