The Stars at Night explores the connections between astronomy, mythology, and original storytelling. Join us in one of America’s last dark skies to discover light pollution's impact on our environment ...

Handwriting analysis determined that the famed astronomer made notes in this copy of the ancient Greek text in the 1590s, decades before his own observations via telescope revolutionized our ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

Billions of light years away in a remote part of the universe, two neutron stars – the ultradense remnants of dead stars – collided. The catastropic cosmic event sent light and particles, including a ...

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The evidence shows that the ‘Ubeidiya site is at least one million nine hundred thousand years old. This finding represents a ...

A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists.

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