We've Long Thought The Surface Area Of A Black Hole Can't Decrease. Now We Have Data To Back It Up.

We've Long Thought The Surface Area Of A Black Hole Can't Decrease. Now We Have Data To Back It Up.
By Brian Koberlein (https://ift.tt/sIOtnTX)

Observations of a merging black hole further supports the Area Theorem of black hole thermodynamics, which states that the event horizon of a black hole produced by two merging black holes must have a surface area no less than the areas of the original two.

November 19, 2025 at 11:45PM
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