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Is there Negative-mass Virtual Particles in Space?

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Is there Negative-mass Virtual Particles in Space?
« on: 30/01/2022 13:59:34 »
They say Black Holes evaporate by Hawking Radiation. So there must have formed negative-mass particles near its event horizon.
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Re: Is there Negative-mass Virtual Particles in Space?
« Reply #1 on: 30/01/2022 14:19:26 »
That's the pop science explanation Hawking came up with to make the concept easier to understand for the public. It's ultimately inaccurate, though:

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