New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits. By Katrina Miller Hardy bacteria in a lab survived ...

Just before noon, the moon slips into Scorpio’s deep waters, turning your intuition into a private investigator. You'll crave deeper conversations that reveal a hidden layer beneath the small talk.

On Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei turned his self-built telescope, which he had recently made improvements to, towards Jupiter. There he noticed three spots of light. Though he first concluded they ...

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Like the moon's shadow sweeping across the globe during a total solar eclipse, astronomy-focused tourism is taking the world by storm. And in 2026, there are plenty of celestial reasons to travel. You ...

THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council has released the 2025 Grade 7 examination results, revealing a slight decline in the national pass rate while girls continue to outperform boys. Announcing the ...

In early September 1882, a comet was sighted from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. The comet brightened over the following weeks, reaching a magnitude of -2 on the 15th; at perihelion two days ...

The discovery of a new celestial object in the Earth's neighborhood has created a buzz online asking whether the planet now has a second moon in its orbit. Any thoughts that Earth is now going to be ...

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SHREVEPORT, La. – The Shreveport-Bossier Astronomical Society, Inc. is inviting the public to joint them in celebrating National Astronomy Day and the 35 th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope ...

A 7th grade history teacher, Thomas Ward has discovered a stylish way to engage his students: He dresses the part to illustrate his history lessons. Ward, 58, shares his daily classroom “fit checks” ...