Venus lies bright but low, while Jupiter and Mars dominate. South America and the eastern Pacific Ocean get the best views of ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Allysia Finley, Jason Riley, and Kim Strassel. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP/Terrence Antonio James/Zuma Press/Chris O'Meara/AP Will the ...

Frances Glessner Lee became the mother of forensic science by pioneering the use of crime-scene models to teach police ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered” planets around a nearby star, only to retract the claims. But the latest find is for real. The flight was scrubbed on Wednesday night ...

These trips are known as Ratjaga, which in Urdu means “to stay awake all night” and, in this instance, it refers to experiencing astronomy ... Talpur Mirs in the 19th century.

PAC’s astronomy season kicks off on Saturday, March 15, the date of the first public observing session at Niabi Zoo. Public ...

The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy. pharmaphorum looks at its evolution over the centuries. The roots of the ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out during the early evening hours of March 5. That evening, the Moon will pass quite close to the Pleiades star cluster.

and “City of Scoundrels,” about early-20th-century Chicago—uses a love triangle gone wrong to tell a wider story about 19th-century San Francisco. He captures the city’s lawless and ...