"If the object is an alien spacecraft slowing down, and the anti-tail is braking thrust, then this change from anti-tail to ...

In the oldest municipal observatory in Iowa, a crowd gathers every Friday at 8 p.m. to learn about astronomy, history and ...

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When treasure hunters Mario Renner and Henry Westphal turned on their metal detectors in 1999 and started sweeping the ground ...

Elizabeth C. Babcock, who previously worked as president and CEO of the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum in ...

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The ancient Cheomseongdae astronomical observatory will be illuminated with a media art display to commemorate Gyeongju's ...

The Cincinnati Observatory is considered the birthplace of American astronomy.