This emerges right from the most natural interpretation of the equations of string theory. So I'm not standing on my head to make this happen. Black holes shrink down to a very small size, very small mass and they transmute into elementary particles. The process that repairs it involves black holes turning into particles. We take too long to answer this question. Great stuff when we come back.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, comic co-host Chuck Nice, and theoretical physicist and author Brian Greene answer questions from our fans about string theory, the fabric of spacetime, interstellar travel, free will, and the meaning of life.
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