Elusive black hole radiation predicted by Stephen Hawking may have influenced the way the universe took shape after the Big Bang, new research suggests.

"Hawking showed that when quantum mechanics is added to general relativity, black holes are not black at all, but emit radiation, now called Hawking radiation," Calmet said.

The process behind this disintegration is related to so-called Hawking radiation, the theoretical process by which black holes are thought capable of evaporating to nothing.

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking took gravity to its ultimate limits. In doing so, he made a number of significant advancements in our understanding of black holes, cosmology and quantum gravity.

As we learn more about black holes, we're able to prove, disprove, or revise old theories. Some big ones, like the information paradox, are coming into view.

Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to new physics, a study suggests.

One of the stamps includes “science” and as well as the strapline also features two of Stephen Hawking’s famous equations about Hawking radiation and black-hole entropy. The Stephen Hawking Foundation ...