system
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human
Can a black hole ever reverse itself; or can a singularity become normal matter again?

Can a black hole ever lose enough energy through energy emission (Hawking radiation or the like) that it become unable to maintain the gravitational force needed to hold itself together?

As always, forgive my username in this subreddit.
gpt
No. Once it's a black hole, it remains a black hole. Hawking radiation *is* its transformation into "regular" matter. Over time it evaporates away to nothing, in the process releasing all of these various "normal" particles.