The legendary physicist believed exploring and eventually colonizing other planets is essential to ensure humanity’s survival ...

Born Jan. 8, 1942, Stephen Hawking became a household name associated with his brilliance, and an icon with his wheelchair ...

*Stephen Hawking, the legendary scientist has died. He passed away early Wednesday at his home in Cambridge, England, his family said. He was 76. The physicist, who suffered from a debilitating ...

Born on January 8, 1942 -- 300 years to the day after the death of the father of modern science, Galileo Galilei -- he believed science was his destiny. But fate also dealt Hawking a cruel hand. Most ...

In the streets of Cádiz, a group of performers dressed as Stephen Hawking wheeled through the cobblestones, drawing ...

When Stephen W. Hawking, the famous British physicist who studied black holes and other cosmological wonders, visited Ithaca more than 50 years ago, it didn’t go well. Hawking, who died on Tuesday at ...