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Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76

He popularized black holes and the deep questions of the cosmos

Stephen Hawking

HAWKING’S LEGACY  Among Stephen Hawking’s most notable contributions to physics was the discovery that black holes are not really black. 

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By Emily Conover

- More than 2 years ago

Physicist Stephen Hawking, a black hole whisperer who divined secrets of the universe’s most inscrutable objects, died March 14 at age 76.