On this night in science
Stephen Hawking is born
January 8, 1942
On this day in 1942, Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England. He grew up to be a scientist who wondered about the biggest questions there are, like how the universe began and what happens around black holes.
Why it mattered
He worked out that black holes may not be completely black: they may give off a very faint glow, so faint that no one has spotted it yet. His books helped millions of people wonder about space too.
Wonder together
If you could ask a scientist one big question about space, what would you ask?
There's an episode about this
Black Holes: The Deep Rivers of Space
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