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ELI5: If nothing can escape a Black Hole, how does it release Hawking radiation?
gpt
Because the Hawking radiation was never inside the black hole.  It comes from virtual particles, which are created in pairs, popping into existence.  One of the particles goes bye bye into the black hole and the other zips off and escapes.  They are created though by the black hole's gravity, so when one zips off the black hole loses a little bit of energy.