Stephen Hawking urges people to be 'curious' in his first Facebook post

Stephen Hawking, who recently joined Facebook, shared his first status update where he asked people to be always "curious."

His welcome post read: I have always wondered what makes the universe exist. Time and space may forever be a mystery, but that has not stopped my pursuit. 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, CNet reported.

The physicist even mentioned how much he'd enjoyed Richard Dawkins talking about aliens, which led him to his now customary turn of humor that some people call him an alien because of his robot voice.

English theoretical physicist also pleased his likers by posting video of his Ice Bucket Challenge. It's very endearing, as his three children stood in for him.

Hawking's latest post involved his enjoyment of the recent Starmus Festival, which brought together two of his great loves: science and rock.

The 72-year-old cosmologist's account has already amassed more than 1.3 million likes.