Stephen Hawking Archives

Discovering Extraterrestrials Offers Benefits, Not An Existential Risk

Avi Loeb·April 11, 2023

In 2010, Stephen Hawking warned that aliens might pose an existential risk to humanity, and that we should therefore be careful about broadcasting our existence to interstellar space.

Black Hole Simulated in the Lab Suddenly Starts Glowing, Potentially Pointing to a Unified Theory of Gravity

Christopher Plain·December 2, 2022

A team of European physicists simulated a "glowing" black hole in the lab, which they say might help confirm one famous physicist's theory.

Researchers Untangle “Arrow of Time” Mystery in Groundbreaking New Physics Study

Micah Hanks·August 24, 2022

Researchers are closing in on the mystery of the arrow of time, and how cells and particles could be the source for various phenomena that gives rise to the human concept of time.