What is the name of the hypothetical radiation emitted by black holes because of quantum effects?
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Hawking radiation
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What is the name of the hypothetical radiation emitted by black holes because of quantum effects?
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Hawking radiation
What term describes a quasar whose relativistic jet points almost directly toward Earth?
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Blazar
What is the name of the 1915 theory that explains gravity as curved spacetime around black holes?
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General relativity
What is the name of the first black-hole merger detected through gravitational waves?
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GW150914
Which physicist predicted black holes could slowly lose mass through quantum effects?
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Stephen Hawking
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What is the name of the 1915 theory that explains gravity as curved spacetime around black holes?
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General relativity
Which physicist predicted black holes could slowly lose mass through quantum effects?
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Stephen Hawking
Which galaxy contains the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*?
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Milky Way
What is the name of the bright ring of hot plasma surrounding some black holes?
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Accretion disk
What type of black hole may have formed from density fluctuations in the early universe?
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Primordial black hole
What phenomenon makes a black hole bend and magnify light from a more distant object?
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Gravitational lensing