Stephen Hawking is one of the most recognisable figures in modern science. His book 'A Brief History of Time' explained ...

Beloved scientist Stephen Hawking, who overcame a debilitating disease to continue probing the mysteries of the universe, has died at the age of 76.

Stephen William Hawking, most people know about him because of his contributions to physics and cosmology, for a movie, or for appearing in very popular TV ...

The English physicist was diagnosed with ALS at age 21 and managed to live 55 years longer than science predicted.

Physicist Stephen Hawking says the chances of disaster befalling planet Earth could rise to a “near certainty” in thousands of years, but warns that we need to be “very careful” over the next century ...

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking took gravity to its ultimate limits. In doing so, he made a number of significant advancements in our understanding of black holes, cosmology and quantum gravity. Plus, ...

The motorized chair, used by Hawking after he was paralyzed with motor neuron disease, raised 296,750 pounds in a Christie's online auction. It had been expected to fetch up to 15,000 pounds. Proceeds ...

LONDON --A wheelchair used by physicist Stephen Hawking has sold at auction for almost 300,000 pounds, or $393,000, while a copy of his doctoral thesis fetched almost 585,000 pounds ($767,000), ...

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking passed away earlier this year, but his final book, “Brief Answers to the Big Questions,” only came out this week. In it, Hawking makes a number of bold claims about ...

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking spent his life teaching the world about space, so it is only fitting that part of him will end up among the stars. As Hawking’s ashes were interred between the ...

It’s been about a year since the world lost one of its brightest minds. Stephen Hawking, who devoted his life to science while battling a debilitating motor neuron disease for over half a century, ...