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

These days, it's easy to feel all doom and gloom about the state of the world. How could you not? Regardless, you should know that you're not alone. Believe it or not, one of the world's most ...

A warning made about AI technology by British theoretical physicist and cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking in 2014 has grabbed attention as multiple videos made by OpenAI’s Sora 2 technology go ...

OpenAI is capitalizing on bad taste with its new text-to-video generator, Sora 2. The new app allows users to share AI-generated videos on a TikTok-style feed. If you hoped that people would be using ...

Studying black holes is immensely difficult, but with gravitational wave detection, astrophysicists do have a way to directly analyze these mysterious objects. A new study details the “clearest ...

Gravitational-wave astronomy has exploded since 2015, capturing hundreds of black hole and neutron star collisions. With ever-clearer signals, researchers are testing Einstein’s relativity and Hawking ...

Back in 1971, the late physicist Stephen Hawking made an intriguing prediction: The total surface area of a black hole cannot decrease, only increase or remain stable. So if two black holes combine, ...

On Sept. 14, 2015, physicists attained the long-sought goal of detecting gravitational waves, the shockwaves spewed out by such cataclysmic events as the violent merger of two black holes. Now, in the ...

Astronomers have detected a collision between two black holes in unprecedented detail, offering the clearest view yet into the nature of these cosmic oddities and confirming long-held predictions made ...

Researchers celebrate 10th anniversary of gravitational wave discovery, announce verification of a Hawking theorem. Two black holes spiral together and violently merge in this simulation of an event ...

Patricia Schmidt receives funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through grants ST/V005677/1 and ST/Y00423X/1, and The Royal Society through a Research Grant RG\R1\241327. Geraint Pratten is ...