After two defeats by the Soviets, the U.S. was desperate for a win. Introduction After World War...
Astrophysics
Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences, dating back to antiquity and the beliefs and practices...
From the Big Bang to dark energy, knowledge of the cosmos has sped up in the past...
Research on exoplanets could help us estimate how many intelligent alien civilizations may be in our galaxy....
Newly discovered super-Earths add to the list of planets around other stars that offer the best chance...
It is theoretically possible that habitable planets exist around pulsars – spinning neutron stars that emit short,...
Fig 1 By Dr. Frank Wilczek / 12.11.2015 Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
Illuminated illustration of the Ptolemaic geocentric conception of the Universe by Portuguese cosmographer and cartographer Bartolomeu Velho...
In a galaxy far away, two dead stars begin a final spiral into a massive collision. The...
GHOST IN THE SHELL – What looked like an ordinary supernova, shown in this artist’s illustration, might...