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Portrait of Stephen Hawking.
Stephen Hawking photo by NASA; Original. Source (StarChild Learning Center). Archived directory listing at the Wayback Machine.; Public domain.
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Stephen Hawking

Theoretical physicist and author who transformed black-hole physics and brought cosmology to an enormous public audience while living with motor neurone disease.

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Life, work & what’s documented

Stephen Hawking was born 1942-01-08 and died 2018-03-14 at age 76. Theoretical physicist and author who transformed black-hole physics and brought cosmology to an enormous public audience while living with motor neurone disease. A major cosmologist who made black holes and fundamental physics accessible to a mass audience.

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Why They're Awesome

A major cosmologist who made black holes and fundamental physics accessible to a mass audience.

Essential works: Hawking radiation · A Brief History of Time · singularity theorems

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  • ScienceContributed To / Stephen Hawking contributed to theoretical physics and public understanding of science.Relationship source / confidence: high
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Positive impact

His public life demonstrated that disability does not preclude scientific achievement; frame this without inspiration-porn language and center his own account.

Statistics / evidence

Context is not destiny

Born 1942-01-08; died 2018-03-14; age at death 76. These dates provide historical context, not a mortality model.

Death context: Stephen Hawking died on 2018-03-14 at age 76. This profile states only the sourced date and age until a reviewed cause or circumstance source is attached.

Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.

Astrology / interpretation

The cosmic file

SunCapricorn 17.6°
MoonVirgo or Libra 0.0°
MercuryCapricorn 28.1°
VenusAquarius 20.8°
MarsAries 28.3°
JupiterGemini 12.7°
SaturnTaurus 21.8°
UranusTaurus 26.6°
NeptuneVirgo 29.9°
PlutoLeo 5.0°

Time-stable natal aspects

  • Sun trine Saturn orb 4.8°
  • Mercury square Mars orb 0.8°
  • Mercury trine Uranus orb 2.3°
  • Mercury trine Neptune orb 2.6°
  • Mercury opposition Pluto orb 7.7°
  • Venus square Saturn orb 1.2°
  • Venus square Uranus orb 6.0°
  • Mars square Pluto orb 6.9°
  • Saturn conjunction Uranus orb 4.8°
  • Uranus trine Neptune orb 3.2°

These placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is presented separately and uncertainty is retained.

Calculation confidence: date_based_reliable. Moon: calculated with uncertainty. Rising sign: birth time needed. Date-based geocentric placements use a noon UTC reference. Moon is evaluated across the full UTC day. No Ascendant or houses are inferred. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.

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Sources & provenance

  1. Wikidata item Q17714Wikidata / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: mediumSource ID stephen-hawking:discovery_index:1. Verification: identity_discovery_only. Claims: identity.
  2. Official website candidateOfficial site / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID stephen-hawking:official_site_candidate:2. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: career summary, official legacy.
  3. Encyclopaedia Britannica candidateEncyclopaedia Britannica / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: highSource ID stephen-hawking:reference_candidate:3. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: identity, vital dates, career summary.
  4. Stephen Hawking Estate biographyStephen Hawking Estate / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID stephen-hawking:first-person:1. Verification: content_reviewed. Claims: good deed or positive legacy, legacy treatment.

Official links

Batch adw-publication-batch-2026-08-26-01. Research package completeness 96/100. Claims are linked to the source IDs retained in source notes.

Research last updated 2026-08-26.

Image rights

Portrait provenance

Stephen Hawking photo by NASA; Original. Source (StarChild Learning Center). Archived directory listing at the Wayback Machine.; Public domain.

Exact source file · Public domain · Retrieved 2026-08-27.

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