Within our galaxy alone, there are millions upon millions of stars. Within our universe, there are millions upon millions of galaxies. Humans have known the existance of stars since they have had eyes. Although interpretations may have differed on what they were, they were always thought of as white glowing specks in the sky, but the mystery does not lie within what we can see, but what we can not see. There are billions of …showed first 75 words of 778 total…

…showed last 75 words of 778 total…holes do not live forever, and as stars, they die. Speculation on their deaths is extremely speculative. The theory of black hole evaporation seems to be a popular theory on how black holes die. Black holes emit radiation, and the energy to emit this radiation comes from the black hole's mass, thus shrinking the black hole. Gradually, a black hole wears itself out into nothing. Stephen Hawkings introduced this idea in the 1970s. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**