This 'hidden gem' is the perfect place to watch wildlife, discover Roman ruins and witness some of the most spectacular dark ...

Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to image "peculiar" galaxy Arp 184 (NGC 1961) about 190 million light-years away.

NASA's Chandra Observatory recently captured an X-ray image that helped identify a dramatic break in one of the galaxy's ...

Calico Ghost Town, about 15 minutes from Barstow, offers a well-preserved glimpse into California’s silver mining past that makes for an excellent Father’s Day excursion. Once a booming mining town in ...

Calico Ghost Town, about 15 minutes from Barstow, offers a well-preserved glimpse into California’s silver mining past. Once a booming mining town in the 1880s, Calico was abandoned when silver lost ...

Often bucking tradition, these women sought knowledge of the universe and reimagined the way we view the cosmos.

By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Professor Ian Clarke began working for Gettysburg College in 1991, taking a job as an ...

Did you know that the sun is up for more hours this month than in August? August is summertime, and May is still spring, so it may not seem quite right.

Scientists found a fast-scattering star cluster called Ophion. Unlike usual clusters, it shows chaotic motion and breaks ...

See the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the Milky Way galaxy in this time-lapse view from the International Space Station.

Scientists discovered one other curiosity between the relics: a faint glow at the center of the cluster. This could be a ...

She was an astronaut, an International Space Station alum, and an aquanaut before she turned 40. It all happened because she ...