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What's the current theory on final stages of black hole decay? [duplicate]

Okay, firstly, I know this question was asked here 11 years ago. And I know the correct answer is that we don't know because we haven't run the experiments and don't have a solid theory of quantum ...
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When GR is not valid passing the event horizon?

A test body crosses the event horizon of a black hole. When can we say that GR breaks down? Only at the singularity? At any point CLOSE enough to the singularity? How much close? In summary, do we ...
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Does the uncertainty principle affect event horizons? [duplicate]

I was thinking about black holes. For a simple black hole the event horizon is given by a distance of 2 times mass (energy) of the black hole. (2m). But according to quantum mechanics, if you try to ...
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Why does Stephen Hawking say black holes don't exist?

Recently, I read in the journal Nature that Stephen Hawking wrote a paper claiming that black holes do not exist. How is this possible? Please explain it to me because I didn't understand what he ...
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