Why stellar black holes are currently growing instead of evaporating

Large black holes are currently growing, not shrinking

Larger black holes lose less energy through Hawking radiation. Today, a black hole with the mass of a star absorbs more energy from the background radiation of the universe than it loses through Hawking radiation. So for now, it grows rather than slowly evaporating.

COVID vaccines may have prevented millions of deaths

14.4–19.8 million deaths

A June 2022 study estimated that COVID-19 vaccines prevented 14.4 million to 19.8 million additional deaths across 185 countries and territories in their first year of use, from 8 December 2020 to 8 December 2021.

Marriage within groups helped make caste hereditary

Marriage within the same subcaste helped turn India’s caste groups from temporary job roles into identities passed from parents to children. Over generations, this helped make the caste system harder to change.

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Why stellar black holes are currently growing instead of evaporating

Large black holes are currently growing, not shrinking

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