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.

An illustration of a black ... as Hawking radiation, may have altered the shape of our universe. | Credit: Gam-Ol via Pixabay A theoretical phenomenon proposed by famed physicist Stephen Hawking ...

Stephen Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary ... It had always been thought that nothing could escape a black hole; Hawking suggested that under certain conditions, a black hole could emit ...

Stephen Hawking was the most ... thinking has led to his greatest discoveries. Hawking was now working on one of science's most bizarre ideas – black holes. An extreme prediction of Einstein's ...