Scientists Believe , They Have Solved, the Hawking Paradox.<br />Yahoo reports that scientists believe they have solved a major paradox in science that was first identified by the late Professor Stephen Hawking. .<br />Yahoo reports that scientists believe they have solved a major paradox in science that was first identified by the late Professor Stephen Hawking. .<br />Hawking first noted that black holes <br />behave in a way that pits two <br />fundamental theories against each other. .<br />Hawking first noted that black holes <br />behave in a way that pits two <br />fundamental theories against each other. .<br />According to Einstein's general theory of relativity, , whatever enters a black hole , cannot escape. .<br />According to quantum mechanics, , that is impossible. .<br />Researchers now claim they have cracked <br />the paradox by showing that black holes <br />possess what they call "quantum hair.".<br />According to Yahoo, the name comes from an earlier <br />theory called the 'no hair theorem,' developed in the 1960s <br />by Prof. John Archibald Wheeler of Princeton University.<br />According to Yahoo, the name comes from an earlier <br />theory called the 'no hair theorem,' developed in the 1960s <br />by Prof. John Archibald Wheeler of Princeton University.<br />It was named that because black holes<br />are unique entities that possess mass, spin <br />and charge but have no other physical features. .<br />In other words, they're bald. .<br />The new 'yes hair theory' claims to have resolved the <br />paradox first pointed out by Hawking by attempting <br />to bridge the gap between the two competing theories. .<br />The new 'yes hair theory' claims to have resolved the <br />paradox first pointed out by Hawking by attempting <br />to bridge the gap between the two competing theories. .<br />One of the consequences of the Hawking <br />paradox was that general relativity <br />and quantum mechanics was incompatible. <br />What we are finding is that <br />they are very much compatible, Prof Xavier Calmet, theory co-author <br />at the University of Sussex, via BBC.<br />The potentially revolutionary theory was published in the journal 'Physical Review Letters.'
