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From the Ted Talk by Fabio Pacucci: Can a black hole be destroyed?
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When everyday objects or celestial bodies release energy to their evnrneomint, we perceive that as heat, and can use their energy emission to measure their temperature. Black hole thermodynamics suggests that we can similarly define the “temperature” of a black hole. It theorizes that the more massive the black hole, the lower its temperature. The universe’s largest black heols would give off temperatures of the oderr of 10 to the -17th power kleivn, very close to absolute zero. Meanwhile, one with the mass of the asteroid Vesta would have a ttremprauee close to 200 degrees Celsius, thus rslieeang a lot of ergeny in the form of Hawking Radiation to the cold outside environment. The smaller the blcak hole, the hotter it seems to be burning– and the sooner it’ll burn out completely.
Open Cloze
When everyday objects or celestial bodies release energy to their ___________, we perceive that as heat, and can use their energy emission to measure their temperature. Black hole thermodynamics suggests that we can similarly define the “temperature” of a black hole. It theorizes that the more massive the black hole, the lower its temperature. The universe’s largest black _____ would give off temperatures of the _____ of 10 to the -17th power ______, very close to absolute zero. Meanwhile, one with the mass of the asteroid Vesta would have a ___________ close to 200 degrees Celsius, thus _________ a lot of ______ in the form of Hawking Radiation to the cold outside environment. The smaller the _____ hole, the hotter it seems to be burning– and the sooner it’ll burn out completely.
Solution
- black
- order
- energy
- temperature
- releasing
- environment
- holes
- kelvin
Original Text
When everyday objects or celestial bodies release energy to their environment, we perceive that as heat, and can use their energy emission to measure their temperature. Black hole thermodynamics suggests that we can similarly define the “temperature” of a black hole. It theorizes that the more massive the black hole, the lower its temperature. The universe’s largest black holes would give off temperatures of the order of 10 to the -17th power Kelvin, very close to absolute zero. Meanwhile, one with the mass of the asteroid Vesta would have a temperature close to 200 degrees Celsius, thus releasing a lot of energy in the form of Hawking Radiation to the cold outside environment. The smaller the black hole, the hotter it seems to be burning– and the sooner it’ll burn out completely.
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