Hawking Wrong About Black Holes

Stephen Hawking has always maintained that black holes are so powerful, that not even light -- that is, information -- can escape. Hawking apparently is doing an "oops." He's changed his mind, and in the process, causing him to lose a bet he made in 1997 with John Preskill. Hawking will present his new ideas of black home at the 17th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation.