The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

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By analyzing seismic waves from earthquakes from the 1960s, researchers from Peking University deduced that the Earth's inner ...

This image features a deep field view of the Cassiopeia constellation immersed in the glow of ionized hydrogen gas, where the ...

The trailblazing Harvard scientist, who documented the dominance of hydrogen and helium in stars, is still inspiring ...

Far below the Earth's surface is an energy source with huge and perpetual potential: geothermal heat. But the forces in its ...

Helix Nebula: This a planetary nebula, which is formed when a star like the Sun runs out of fuel, expands and its outer layers puff off, and then the core of the star shrinks. Orion Nebula ...

A decades-old cosmic mystery may finally be solved. Scientists now suspect that the strange X-ray glow from a distant white ...

To gig deep into the Earth's mysteries isn't just science fiction. The video highlights one of humanity's boldest attempts at ...