In 1974, Stephen Hawking theorized that black holes may not keep everything from escaping. He proposed the idea of "Hawking Radiation," which is constantly being emitted from black holes. However, he never had any experimental or observational proof. Until Jeff Steinhauer of Haifa, Israel created a model black hole, that is. Jeff created his model by shooting a laser made of rubidium atoms through a nearly absolute zero area. Since the atoms were moving faster than the speed of sound, sound couldn't make it through, but was instead, sucked in. Much to Dr Steinhauer's delight, he observed that faint traces of sound were being emitted. Not only is this experiment big for Dr Steinhauer, it could be putting Stephen Hawking in line for his very first Nobel Prize.
Link here: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a22561/laboratory-sized-black-hole/
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