Mr. White

[bright storm]

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[magic ether]

À terme effectively means eventually, so if you remove that, you get "qui les fait s'évaporer" which literally means "which makes them evaporate", but is being used more figuratively here to mean "disappear"

You'll want to look into "causative faire" and direct object pronouns to get a better grasp of this construction

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/faire-causative/
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/direct-objects/

[topaz adder]

This isn't a figurative meaning: s'évaporer is the actual term used for what is believed to happen to black holes. In English they are also said to evaporate.

[magic ether]

oh neat

i'm not terribly familiar with astronomy, so thank you

[brittle swift]

thanks, helpful links

question: why is it- qui les fait s’évaporer and not qui fait les s’évaporer.

[magic ether]

"les" is the direct object for faire, so it goes before faire. the radiation makes them (the blackholes) disappear.