Apollo 10 launched on a mission to the moon. Apollo 10 was considered a "dress rehearsal" for a lunar landing. It did everything the same as a real lunar landing mission, except for the part where the ...

NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer telescopes captured NGC 6240, two galaxies colliding in a rare pre-merger stage, surrounded by foreground stars. NGC 2467, discovered in the 19th century, is a huge ...

The Antikythera Mechanism, widely believed to be the world’s first computer, has had a lasting impact on scientists across ...

Editor’s note: This edition of Your Week Ahead covers two weeks. Look for the next Globe Magazine on June 1. Dr. Irini Scordi ...

The ephemeral remnants left behind by exploding stars are some of the most extraordinary objects visible to astronomers here ...

America's first space station, Skylab, helped pave the way for permanent operations in low-Earth orbit 52 years ago this year.

These next two weeks we'll follow the moon's journey past the orange heart-star of Scorpius, Antares, and onward past blazing ...

When the moon is close to the horizon, the sunlight reflected from its surface must travel further through Earth's atmosphere to reach an observer compared to when it's overhead. This process scatters ...

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 ...

Want to do something more special for Mom this Mother’s Day weekend than just buying some flowers and a card? How about ...

Fabricius noted the brightness of Mira on August 3, 1596. But when he observed it on the 21st of that month, it was a ...

Textile arts The Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild will present a free program titled “More Weaving that Sings: Theo Moorman Technique” with Nadine Sanders on Thursday at 6:45 p.m. at the ...