Like! Stephen Hawking joins Facebook

October 26, 2014 13:27

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking, best known for his work on gravitational singularities and black hole radiation, has joined the popular social networking website Facebook. "I have always wondered what makes the universe exist. Time and space may forever be a mystery, but that has not stopped my pursuit," the 72-year-old astrophysicist wrote in his first post on Facebook. "Our connections to one another have grown infinitely and now that I have the chance, I'm eager to share this journey with you. Be curious, I know I will forever be," he wrote.

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