Stephen Hawking's famous black hole paradox may finally have a solution

An illustration of a black hole surrounded by churning matter. New research suggests information about the black hole’s creation could be found as radiation in this region.

One of physicist Stephen Hawking's most famous paradoxes may finally be solved: Black holes may in fact hang onto information about the massive stars that created them, new research indicates. 

This information may lurk in the radiation around black holes — colloquially known as "quantum hair" — and could, in theory, be retrieved to retell the origins of those black holes, the research suggests.