History of Science

The familiar zodiac constellations are defined by Earth’s motion around the sun, but they don’t define your fate

The centennial of the discovery of brain waves in humans exposes a chilling tale involving Nazis, war between Russia and Ukraine, suicide and the vicissitudes of history

With billions of stars in the Milky Way, some nomenclature standardization is necessary

The celestial equivalent to latitude and longitude lets astronomers find their way across the heavens

The way scientists recognize one another’s work overlooks the seminal contributions of Black scientists. The Nobel Committees need to recognize how this excludes Black scientists from awards

Called Olbers’ paradox, the seemingly simple mystery of the sky’s darkness is something that stumped astronomers for centuries

In 1974 we beamed a radio transmission into space that changed the way we think about our place in the cosmos

Visual artist Anna Von Mertens looks to astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt and her vision of the universe for inspiration

The Martian new year arrives with the Red Planet’s vernal equinox. Explaining why requires a deep dive into celestial mechanics and Earth’s calendrical history

It is difficult to disentangle Russian and Chinese scientists from international science cooperation. That is a good thing

A strange supernova remnant first appeared as a “guest star” seen in 1181 by sky watchers in China and Japan

Science is filled with tools that once seemed revolutionary and are now just part of the research tool kit. That time may have come for artificial intelligence