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 ...
Few figures have reshaped our understanding of the universe as profoundly as Stephen Hawking. Known for his groundbreaking work on black holes and the origins of the cosmos, Hawking was not only a ...