Hawking radiation describes the black body radiation that black holes emit through hypothetical particles formed near and at the event horizon. This radiation is called “Hawking Radiation” because in 1974, the great physicist Stephen Hawking was the first to question whether such radiation could exist in his paper titled “Black hole explosions?“. So if you feel you are in a black hole, don’t give up – there’s a way outHow Do Black Holes Produce Hawking Radiation? How Do Black Holes Produce Hawking Radiation? The particle that manages to escape from the black hole is what causes what we call Hawking Radiation.