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Apparently, Hawking radiation happens because of pair production at the boundary; with one particle flying off and the other falling into the black hole. If that is so, why does the black hole become smaller when this happens? Shouldn't it become more massive by the mass of the infalling particle?

by /u/thetimujin in /r/askscience

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