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

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

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

Few scientists have shaped the modern debate about God as forcefully as Stephen Hawking. In his final years, the cosmologist ...

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 ...

A video of the gathering shows a rather depressing scene. Several platters of snacks are left completely full, while glasses of fancy champagne sit there ...

Stephen Hawking, a renowned British physicist, made significant contributions to understanding the universe, black holes, and ...

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), ...

Family and friends of Professor Stephen Hawking attend his funeral at the University Church of St Mary the Great in the centre of Cambridge, England on March 31, 2018. (Photo: Andrew Parsons/i-Images ...

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 ...