"It's a fairly unusual question to ask in the scientific world, because most researchers would agree that dark matter is dark ...

A pairing-off of the brightest planet and a slender crescent moon will be the chief celestial attraction in the dawn sky ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is showing us the universe as we’ve never seen it before. Joe Scott breaks down eight breathtaking images , from distant galaxies to stars being born , and explains what ...

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from ...

According to StarWalk, the best time to observe Comet Lemmon is now until November 2. The stargazing website predicted it ...

The Konark Sun Temple in Odisha is a 13th-century UNESCO World Heritage Site dedicated to the Sun God. Famous for its chariot ...

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The Octagon Earthworks here speak to us from 2,000 years ago — and they speak to the fraught cultural moment in which we find ...

It was in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII instituted a major reform of the calendar, which has since been almost universally adopted.

There was a time people did not know what caused birds to disappear over the winter. Some people thought they changed into ...

Tennyson was born in 1809, the middle child in a large family that today would undoubtedly be described as ‘dysfunctional’.

The composer and playwright just received the coveted grant. On a visit to the Hayden Planetarium—which includes a video ...