---
title: "Stephen Hawking: The Absence of Event Horizons Means There are No Black Holes?"
description: "Stephen Hawking has set the world of physics back on its heels by reversing his lifetime’s work and a pillar of modern physics claiming that black holes do not exist."
date: "2015-02-21"
modified: "2016-02-05"
authors:
  - name: "Alex Klokus"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/alex-klokus"
url: "https://futurism.com/stephen-hawking-the-absence-of-event-horizons-means-there-are-no-black-holes"
categories:
  - "Astrophysics"
  - "Black Holes"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "space"
---

# Stephen Hawking: The Absence of Event Horizons Means There are No Black Holes?

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- Hawking proposes that instead of an inescapable event horizon, we should think of an “apparent horizon”. “The absence of event horizons means that there are no black holes — in the sense of regimes from which light can't escape to infinity.” “There is no escape from a black hole in classical theory. \[But quantum theory\] enables energy and information to escape from a black hole."
- His revised theory allows matter and energy to be held for a period of time before being released back into space.
- Hawking says that his revsion requires a new theory that merges gravity with the other fundamental forces of nature. “The correct treatment remains a mystery,” he observed.

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexklokus>)