The trailblazing Harvard scientist, who documented the dominance of hydrogen and helium in stars, is still inspiring ...

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For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered” planets around a nearby star, only to retract the claims. But the latest find is for real. Trump administration officials said the company ...

Leading British scientist Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock says that we must not be alone in the universe and that it is 'human conceit' to think otherwise.

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Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Jason Riley, Bill McGurn and Kim Strassel. Photo: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg News/Saul Loeb/Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images President Trump ...

Mar. 13, 2025 — Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's ...

The history of midwifery looks different around the world. Its path in the United States has followed many twists and turns. In the early parts of the 19th century, midwifery was the most customary ...

Adding a new member to your family (and picking out the perfect baby name) is already a magical experience, so why not look ...