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Simulation of a black hole merger detected by LIGO on January 14, 2025.

Two black holes collided 1.3 billion light years away. Australian scientists were there for the big moment

It’s the most significant leap forward in the study of black holes in decades, and proved a theory conceived by one of history’s greatest minds.

  • Angus Dalton

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Long-time prime minister Bob Hawke once held a record for beer drinking while he was at university at Oxford.

Seventy years on, Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol

Australia’s longest-serving Labor prime minister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford between 1953 and 1956. In 1954, he drank a yard of ale.

  • Rob Harris
 Professor Stephen Hawking poses beside a lamp titled ‘black hole light’ by inventor Mark Champkins,  during a 2012 visit to the Science Museum in London.

Stephen Hawking’s thoughts on the big mystery of missing socks

The scientist had some interesting explanations about the Bermuda Triangle where socks go to disappear.

  • Richard Glover
Professor Stephen Hawking the renowned physicist pictured in March, 2015.

Stephen Hawking's former nurse suspended

A hearing into the nurse's professional conduct, which is expected to last until March 21 after beginning in February, is being held in-camera.

Sully, President George H.W. Bush's service dog, lies in front of his casket.

Wit, wisdom and world-changers: who we lost in 2018

The dearly departed of 2018 leave a lasting legacy in their fields.

  • Tim Barlass
Stephen Hawking's wheelchair sells for $539,000 at auction

Stephen Hawking's wheelchair sells for $539,000 at auction

A wheelchair used by Stephen Hawking has sold at auction for almost £300,000 pounds ($539,000).

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Stephen Hawking's last warning from beyond the grave

Stephen Hawking's last warning from beyond the grave

Acclaimed physicist pleads for unity and reveals his fear of a "global revolt against experts" that might get in the way of finding the next Einstein.

  • Nick Miller
Stephen Hawking's voice beamed into space at final send-off

Stephen Hawking's voice beamed into space at final send-off

The physicist's voice, set to a piece of music, was sent from the European Space Agency's Cebreros station in Spain towards the nearest black hole.

  • Costas Pitas
Stephen Hawking's final theory published

Stephen Hawking's final theory published

The renowned cosmologist's final published theory, submitted before his death on March 14, provides plenty of food for thought.

  • John von Radowitz
Stephen Hawking's ashes to be interred next to Newton, Darwin at Westminster Abbey

Stephen Hawking's ashes to be interred next to Newton, Darwin at Westminster Abbey

Stephen Hawking is to take his place among some of the greatest scientists in history when his ashes are interred inside Westminster Abbey.

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