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One of the most stubborn issues in cosmology today concerns the universe's rate of expansion. Scientists know it's expanding, ...

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The night sky has long sparked wonder and curiosity. Early civilizations studied the stars and tracked celestial events, ...

Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

Today in the history of astronomy, one of the brightest and most famous scientific minds of the modern era is born.

Stevenson School in Pebble Beach is set to open a new four-story math, science, and engineering center by fall, enhancing ...

Bigger than Hubble and launching as soon as 2029, the Lazuli Space Observatory would be the first-ever full-scale private ...

A record six Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students have been named to the Aviation Week Network 20 Twenties Class of 2026, which recognizes outstanding aerospace-focused university students.

The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish.

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In 2025, physicists spotted a paradigm-shifting new black hole, doubled down on weakening dark energy, and discovered that the Earth’s deep interior may be more connected than previously thought, ...