Astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin spent nearly a year in “utter bewilderment” after arriving at the Harvard College ...

American astronomy thrives today largely because of the underpinnings achieved by John Quincy Adams in his far-reaching ...

But, so far at least, astronomy has remained above human tinkering, and at 5:01 a.m. Philadelphia time Thursday the sun will ...

In the mid-19th century, astronomers made this scale more rigorous by defining a difference of five magnitudes as corresponding to a factor of 100 in brightness. In keeping with Hipparchus ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Allysia Finley, Jason Riley, and Kim Strassel. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP/Terrence Antonio James/Zuma Press/Chris O'Meara/AP Will the ...

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 ...

These trips are known as Ratjaga, which in Urdu means “to stay awake all night” and, in this instance, it refers to experiencing astronomy ... Talpur Mirs in the 19th century.

The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy. pharmaphorum looks at its evolution over the centuries. The roots of the ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out during the early evening hours of March 5. That evening, the Moon will pass quite close to the Pleiades star cluster.

and “City of Scoundrels,” about early-20th-century Chicago—uses a love triangle gone wrong to tell a wider story about 19th-century San Francisco. He captures the city’s lawless and ...

PAC’s astronomy season kicks off on Saturday, March 15, the date of the first public observing session at Niabi Zoo. Public ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out on the evening of March 13. That’s when one of the year’s best celestial events — a total eclipse of the ...