LONDON — A wheelchair used by physicist Stephen Hawking has sold at auction for almost $393,000, while a copy of his doctoral thesis fetched almost $767,000, auctioneer Christie’s said Thursday. The ...

A wheelchair used by physicist Stephen Hawking has sold at auction for almost 300,000 pounds ($393,000), while a copy of his doctoral thesis fetched almost 585,000 pounds ($767,000), auctioneer ...

Stephen Hawking used his fame to warn humanity about its potential — and rapidly approaching — end. He provided a possible solution, but just how viable is it?

It’s been about a year since the world lost one of its brightest minds. Stephen Hawking, who devoted his life to science while battling a debilitating motor neuron disease for over half a century, ...

One of physicist Stephen Hawking's most famous paradoxes may finally be solved: Black holes may in fact hang onto information about the massive stars that created them, new research indicates. This ...

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking spent his life teaching the world about space, so it is only fitting that part of him will end up among the stars. As Hawking’s ashes were interred between the ...

All the evidence shows our universe emerged from a single event: an eruption commonly known as the Big Bang. What preceded that point is a mystery. But it has significant implications. It’s about the ...

Personal items of cosmologist Stephen Hawking are going on auction at Christie's for nine days starting Wednesday. The online auction, "On the Shoulders of Giants," will include 22 items from ...

Some of the most prized and significant possessions of the brilliant British physicist Stephen Hawking are to go under the hammer at Christie’s in London later this month, including a copy of his PhD ...