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←Created page with 'thumb|Stephen Hawking in 2008 On June 28, 2009, British astrophysicist Professor '''Stephen Hawking hosted a party for time travelers''' in the University of Cambridge. The physicist arranged for balloons, champagne, and nibbles for his guests, but didn’t send out the invites until the next day, after the party was over.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livescience.com/62562-stephen-hawking-interment-ti...'
 
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On June 28, 2009, [[British]] [[astrophysicist]] Professor '''[[Stephen Hawking]] hosted a party for time travelers''' in the [[University of Cambridge]]. The physicist arranged for balloons, champagne, and nibbles for his guests, but didn’t send out the invites until the next day, after the party was over.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livescience.com/62562-stephen-hawking-interment-time-travelers.html|title=Stephen Hawking's Memorial Might Have Time Travelers in Attendance|author=Brandon Specktor|date=May 14, 2018|website=Live Science}}</ref> The invitation stated:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2168178/Stephen-Hawking-held-party-time-travellers--turned-.html|title=The party that didn't go off with a Big Bang: Stephen Hawking held a party for time-travellers - but no-one turned up...|author=Eddie Wrenn|date=3 July 2012|website=Daily Mail Online}}</ref><blockquote><center>You are cordially invited<br>to a reception<br>for Time Travellers,<br><br>Hosted by<br>Professor Setphen Hawking<br><br>To be held at<br>The University of Cambridge<br>Gonville and Caius College<br>Trinity Street<br>Cambridge<br><br>Location: 52° 12' 21" N, 0° 7' 4.7" E<br><br>Time: 12:00 UT 08/28/2009<br><br>No RSVP required‎</center></blockquote>
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▲[[File:Stephen hawking 2008 nasa.jpg|thumb|[[Stephen Hawking]] in 2008]]
On 28 June 2009, British astrophysicist [[Stephen Hawking]] hosted a party for time travellers in the [[University of Cambridge]]. The physicist arranged for balloons, champagne, and nibbles for his guests, but did not send out the invites until the following day, after the party was over.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livescience.com/62562-stephen-hawking-interment-time-travelers.html|title=Stephen Hawking's Memorial Might Have Time Travelers in Attendance|author=Brandon Specktor|date=14 May 2018|website=Live Science}}</ref>
 
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Invites say that the reader is "cordially invited to a reception for Time Travellers" and that no [[RSVP]] is required.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reynolds |first1=Emma |title=Stephen Hawking’s champagne-fuelled time travel party |url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/stephen-hawkings-champagnefuelled-time-travel-party/news-story/3af5baf5f25d778b7f45a33f4998dc07 |access-date=18 October 2024 |work=news.com.au |date=15 March 2018}}</ref>
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Hawking waited in the room for a few hours before leaving, and no visitors arrived.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/stephen-hawkings-time-travel-party-did-it-happen-how-would-we-know|website=Discover Magazine|title=Stephen Hawking's Time Travel Party – Did it Happen? How Would We Know?|date=1 December 2023|author=Paul M. Sutter}}</ref> He regarded the event as "experimental evidence that time travel is not possible".<ref>{{cite news |title=Stephen Hawking service: Possibility of time travellers 'can't be excluded' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-44073903 |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=BBC News |date=12 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff |first1=Ars |title=Stephen Hawking on time travel, M-theory, and extra terrestrial life |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2012/07/steven-hawking-on-time-travel-m-theory-and-extra-terrestrial-life/ |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=Ars Technica |date=1 July 2012 |language=en-us}}</ref>
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elah3i_WiFI Stephen Hawking - Time Traveller's Party] on [[YouTube]]▼
 
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▲== Video ==
▲* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elah3i_WiFI Stephen Hawking -– Time Traveller's Party] on [[YouTube]]
 
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