The importance of darkness, solar eclipses, Mars, the Webb Telescope and just how dangerous space is are the subjects for ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...

As per the title, simple question: what are the most up-to-date books on cosmology? Obviously I mean for the layman, not the PhD research student! I haven't read a good one in quite a while, ie many ...

MAN AND His UNIVERSE—John Langdon-Davies—Harper ($5). Author Langdon-Davies’ thesis: that the religious views of the man-in-the-street are largely formed by the “over-belief” (contemporary scientific ...

The problem with studying the universe around us is that it is simply too big. The stars overhead remain too far away to interact with directly, so we are relegated to testing our theories on the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover science and technology. While it's not as engaging as her previous books, Lisa Randall's new title, Dark Matter and the ...

Cosmologists face a dilemma. The rise of quantitative cosmology, exemplified by the release of new data in March on the cosmic microwave background from the WMAP satellite (see pp16-19; print version ...

For centuries, cartographers have sought to map Earth’s land masses and seas to better understand the world and their place in it. Now, astrophysicists have taken a major step toward doing the same ...