Stephen Hawking

by Chris Shallue figures by Fiona Qu There’s an equation engraved on Stephen Hawking’s gravestone in Westminster Abbey: This unassuming equation, discovered by Hawking in 1975, has extraordinary implications. It suggests that black holes,…

by Scott Melville figures by Shannon McArdel and Michael Gerhardt You’ll never guess how Google autocompletes: “Do black holes have…” The answer: “…no hair?” This strange question has been debated by physicists for at least forty years, and today it…

Simulated Image of a Black Hole. Image obtained via Creative Commons License Stephen Hawking recently announced that he has solved one of the most famous puzzles in science, the black hole information paradox. The information paradox is a conundrum of…