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 ...

The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is viewed face-on in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different ...

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 ...

Featuring contributions from the likes of Eminem, U2, Drake and Nickelback, here are the 23 most embarrassing song lyrics of ...

Astronomers are once again getting excited about a rare nova that could appear in the night sky anytime from now into the ...