A celestial conjunction featuring the moon, Venus, and the star Regulus will be visible on Friday, Sept. 19. This event will be bright enough to be seen without a telescope, though clouds could ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. When veteran journalist Michael Grunwald set out to write ...

Have you ever thought about how we would know if other planets have life on them? How could we tell that life existed on a planet from afar, without actually landing on it? Well, 30 years ago, an ...

I've been planning on trying this since I made the Blue Planet Sphere a while back ..I used a Birch log and epoxy resin to make a 7" Globe I didn't go super detailed and apologise if I missed your ...

The best time to view Saturn is almost here: On Sept. 21, the ringed planet will reach opposition, meaning Earth will be positioned directly between Saturn and the sun. (In other words, it is on the ...

Terence Crawford has beaten undisputed super-middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Álvarez by unanimous decision in Las Vegas. A captivating fight went the distance as the pair slugged it out — Crawford ...

THEY SAY THE SEA GIVES AND THE SEA TAKES AWAY. THIS SUMMER, EIGHT YEAR OLD MIRIAM SCHMIDT FOUND THE MEDITERRANEAN IS A GIVER. SHE SAW SOMETHING. SHINY IN THE WATER AND SHE DOVE DOWN AND PICKED UP A ...

When I think of experiencing homecoming as a high school student in Texas, I'm reminded of cowbells clanking down the hallway, stray feathers from boas floating around for days, and the remnants of ...

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events that Earth has seen in the past 2.5 million years. The Toba supereruption ...

The leaders told us how they are facing a warming planet in a world where international collaboration on climate change is fraying. By David Gelles I host the Climate Forward newsletter and live event ...

Carmen Ruiz Fernandez Among flight simulators and earthquake tables in the library’s Hall of Simulation, students can now explore an interactive 3D herbarium. There, they can bring plants to ...