Everyone knows Yuri Gagarin as the first person to go to space. But was he? Literary historian Vladimir Brljak tells the tale of the intrepid balloonists who first flew beyond the blue terrestrial sky ...

It makes you wonder what else is out there.

After years of work building an exquisitely sensitive instrument, University of Chicago scientists stood and watched as it flew up and out of sight into the fiercely blue Antarctic sky. Launched on ...

The tour includes the attic apartment where Maila Nurmi lived with her cat Lucifer P. Catt and the Labor Temple where she ...

Louisiana used it as an opportunity to promote the City of Rayne as the Frog Capital of the World. See how the frogs helped with research.

I mean, don't go munching on any camera lying around, but doctors will sometimes have you swallow this little camera pill for ...

President Donald Trump's administration is trying to explain why it struck Iran and killed its supreme leader without clear support from Congress or allies.

America has fewer than 2,000 professional watchmakers. Rolex’s new Dallas school aims to fix that—and the demand for admission says a lot about the state of work in 2026.

The US has fewer than 2,000 professional watchmakers. Rolex opened a school in Texas to fix that – and competition for a ...

A sudden, mysterious burst of bright light in the sky could be from a black hole devouring a vast, unusually bare star. In 2018, astronomers spotted a new kind of cosmic explosion that became brighter ...

The question is no longer if space governance must evolve, but how quickly it can keep pace with the realities of the new space age. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was confirmed in July 2025 as the third known object to visit our solar system from interstellar space. Despite conspiracy theories, scientists say 3I/ATLAS shows all ...