Stephen Hawking used his fame to warn humanity about its potential — and rapidly approaching — end. He provided a possible solution, but just how viable is it?

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, ...

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 ...

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), ...

If ever a human being seemed capable of living forever, that human was Stephen Hawking. In 1963, when Hawking was twenty-one, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the degenerative ...

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 ...