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Black holes are thought to radiate their mass slowly via Hawking radiation. This is based on the production of virtual particle-antiparticle pairs, where the particle radiates away and the antiparticle is absorbed by the black hole. But wouldn't that mean that mass is being added to the black hole?

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Black holes are thought to radiate their mass slowly via Hawking radiation. This is based on the production of virtual particle-antiparticle pairs, where the particle radiates away and the antiparticle is absorbed by the black hole. But wouldn't that mean that mass is being added to the black hole?	1