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While the Earthrise photograph allowed humanity to stare back at itself and its planetary home, the new black hole image lets us look at the mystery of cosmic creation and destruction
- Hawking will be remembered for his scientific breakthroughs around black holes and the universe, so why was he recently named on the Jeffrey Epstein list alongside Prince Andrew and dozens more?
- A 2015 email sent to Epstein’s then-accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell reveals the physicist might have participated in an orgy – and the internet has been on fire with viral memes
The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Oxford University collaborated for the study on the incurable rare neurodegenerative disorder, with further tests still to come.
Researchers say the experiment is a step towards creating systems with ‘properties analogous to black holes’.
Stephen Hawking arrived to a rock-star welcome and crazy scenes at Hong Kong International Airport on his first visit to the city to give a lecture in 2006.
The renowned physicist had suggested that as black holes evaporate, they destroy information about what formed them – which contradicts a fundamental law of physics.
From Julia Roberts’ Erin Brockovich to Jamie Foxx’s Ray Charles and Meryl Streep’s Margaret Thatcher, these star turns sure did their famous subjects justice – how many have you seen?
A motorised wheelchair used by the late British physicist Stephen Hawking fetches almost £300,000 at auction.
Stephen Hawking was a cosmic visionary, a figure of inspiration and a global celebrity. His unique status is reflected in an upcoming auction of some of the late physicist’s possessions.
Physicist Stephen Hawking’s last book has been published posthumously, including his prediction that unmodified humans would “die out, or become unimportant”.
Website for a giveaway for tickets to the ceremony allows applicants to select dates of birth that are 20 years from now
His ashes will be buried close to the graves of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.
With his revolutionary theories and monumental will to achieve despite adversities, Stephen Hawking shall prove to be an immortal in modern history
His genius and wit won over fans from far beyond the rarefied world of astrophysics, earning comparisons with Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton.
The brilliant British scientist, who died on Wednesday aged 76, was once on the Oxford rowing team and appeared at the 2012 London Paralympics
Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, has died.
