An international team has launched an ambitious program aimed at mapping exoplanets located around the "hot Neptune desert," ...

Science history On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular ...

Chushiro Hayashi (1920-2010) earned a physics degree from the University of Tokyo in 1942, followed by a doctorate in 1954. Following postwar naval service, he became a professor at Kyoto University ...

Called 51 Pegasi b, it was a world like nothing we had ever seen before ... European Space Agency's forthcoming planet-finding PLATO mission and a professor of astronomy at the University of Warwick ...

At the heart of the Milky Way, a faint and widespread glow of gamma rays has puzzled astronomers for decades. The light could ...

Explore the universe with multi-messenger astronomy, combining light, gravitational waves, neutrinos, and cosmic rays for a complete view.

"Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man," said Abraham Lincoln on the train ...

The Smithsonian Institution's aeronautical artifact collection commenced in 1876 with the acquisition of Chinese kites, expanding significantly after World War I under Secretary Charles Walcott's ...

The Octagon Earthworks here speak to us from 2,000 years ago — and they speak to the fraught cultural moment in which we find ...

When it comes to ancient civilizations and the rich tapestry of human history, some countries stand out for their remarkable longevity and cultural heritage. The world is home to several nations that ...