TED-Ed: Fabio Pacucci: Can a black hole be destroyed?

The video explores the nature of black holes, their indestructibility, and the theory of Hawking radiation, which suggests that black holes can gradually lose mass and eventually evaporate. It explains the concept of black hole thermodynamics, which relates a black hole's mass to its temperature and energy emission. The video also discusses the timeline for black hole evaporation, noting that it takes an incredibly long time for a black hole to fully evaporate, and speculates on the universe's distant future.

What is Hawking radiation and how is it produced?

Discuss the implications of black holes eventually evaporating and what that means for the universe.