Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Hawking Effect |
The evaporation of mini black holes. In general, black holes are an end-point for matter. However, Stephen Hawking showed that quantum physics allows mini black holes less than 10 to the power of -5 grams to evaporate matter and antimatter in equal quantities, possibly leaving a naked singularity behind.
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