General Relativity2026-08-071 minarXiv:2608.07182expressBlack Hole Cools Down and FreezesA boiling kettle on the stove eventually boils dry — and so, according to the classical picture, a black hole should gradually vanish in a hiss of radiation. But what if you add a special ingredient to the kettle?Amogh Srivastav·S. ShankaranarayananHawking radiationBekenstein-Hawking entropyJacob BekensteinJohn Archibald WheelerStephen HawkingHawking radiationblack holeblack hole mergerevent horizon👍👎☆SimplePopularAdvanced