In most Ancient Greek philosophical circles, the theory of a spherical earth was accepted by around the 5th century BC, and ...

For years, scientists have viewed our solar system as isolated within the vast emptiness of space. But recent findings have ...

Elizabeth C. Babcock, the founding director of the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C., returns ...

From left, Lynn Villency Cohen; Douglas York, President, Stamford Museum & Nature Center board of directors; Melissa Mulrooney, SM&NC CEO; ...

One of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years took place at the Greek island of Thera (Santorini) in the ...

Researchers decode the Dresden Codex eclipse table, revealing how Mayan daykeepers predicted solar eclipses before modern ...

Wayne State College’s planetarium and laser shows for the fall 2025 semester will continue Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24-25, ...

Our Milky Way is far from calm — it ripples with a colossal wave spanning tens of thousands of light-years, revealed by ESA’s Gaia telescope. This wave, moving through the galaxy’s disc like ripples ...

Comets Lemmon and SWAN are making their closest approach to the Earth tonight, Oct. 21. Here's how you might see them with ...

A powerful new telescope has captured its first glimpse of the cosmos, and could transform our understanding of how stars, ...

Also known as the “Seven Sisters,” the striking cluster has long been used as an important seasonal marker and appears high ...