Black holes don't actually exist in the way we traditionally think of them, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has proposed in a short but potentially revolutionary paper. Classical theory holds Over the past few days, the media has cried out the recent proclamation from Stephen Hawking that black holes, a mystery of both science and science … Read more
What Hawking is saying is that, with quantum mechanics included, the notion of a black hole as governed purely by the equations of general relativity, the “classical black hole”, does not exist, and the event horizon, the boundary between escape and British physicist Stephen Hawking earned worldwide attention for his surprising claims about black holes, … Read more
Over the past few days, the media has cried out the recent proclamation from Stephen Hawking that black holes, a mystery of both science and science fiction, do not exist. Famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has shaken up the popular science world with his newest study about the basic nature of black holes, but is his … Read more
It sounds simple: setting up a professorship in cosmology in the name of Stephen Hawking, at the University of Cambridge, with a $6 million (£3.63 million) donation. But Cambridge has been forced to put the plan to a vote of its governing Regent House British physicist Stephen Hawking earned worldwide attention for his surprising claims … Read more
In keeping with the theme of TED2008, professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about our universe — How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? — and discusses how we might go about answering them. It sounds simple: setting up a professorship in cosmology in the name of Stephen Hawking, … Read more