London: Famed UK physicist Stephen Hawking had come so close to death while writing his bestseller 'A Brief History of Time' in 1985 that his doctors offered to switch off his life-support machine, i

Celebrated Cambridge-based scientist Stephen Hawking has said a belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a “fairy story” for people who are afraid of death.

Author of A Brief History of Time,

British scientist Stephen Hawking has joked that he is often mistaken for a Simpsons character.

The eminent physicist and cosmologist, who has appeared as himself several times in the popular America

British physicist Stephen Hawking has said the creation of the universe was a result of the inevitable laws of physics and it did not need God's help.

In his latest book titled "The Grand Design", Ha

London, Aug. 9: Unless humans colonise space within the next two centuries, they will become extinct, said noted astrophysicist Stephen Hawking.

He has warned adding: “Our only chance of long term su