On August 1, 1774, English chemist and natural philosopher Joseph Priestley made arguably his greatest discovery. The chemist born...
Science & Astronomy
Dark matter is notoriously antisocial, refusing to interact with light and “normal” matter, making it effectively invisible....
Hubble has just dropped more galactic eye candy! From its vantage point in low-Earth orbit, the Hubble...
This will be one to watch for many reasons. Ready Or Not SpaceX is slated to launch...
This new theory for life on Venus is “not completely crazy.” Venus Sky Trap In 2020, a...
It is easy to imagine the moon as an atmosphere-less hunk of rock orbiting Earth. However, while...
Monday, Aug. 19 brings the start of another major political convention in Chicago. And that night, skywatchers...
On August 2, 1932, Carl Anderson, a young professor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), first...
In March 2002, the Larsen B Ice Shelf collapsed catastrophically, breaking up an area about one-sixth the...
Scientists have long wondered why the hot soup of charged particles in our sun’s atmosphere gets hotter...