In the quest for advanced civilizations, the universe is not often very forthcoming with its answers. But the recent suggestion by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has set astrophysics and SETI ...

More Five decades ago, famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking theorized that the Big Bang may have flooded the universe with tiny black holes. Now, researchers believe they may have seen one explode ...

The basis is a reinterpretation of Hawking radiation. In 1975, physicist Stephen Hawking postulated that contrary to the theory of relativity, particles and radiation could escape from a black hole.

An artist's impression of a neutron star evaporating via Hawking-like radiation. Daniëlle Futselaar/artsource.nl In 1975, the British theoretical physicist professor Stephen Hawking argued that ...

By tracking the spectrum of Hawking radiation, scientists might be able to distinguish between high-energy particle physics models. Neutrino telescopes, such as IceCube, could even help uncover ...