Science

The most minimal of penumbral lunar eclipses takes place Saturday night, though with clear skies, anyone can enjoy the ...

Not as big as the Big Bang, but this Big Blast blows away any other explosion ever seen by astronomers. The supermassiv ...

A migrating bird makes an unexpected stopover in Philadelphia after crashing into a Center City high rise.

For a challenge, check out the Eta Aquarid meteor shower through Friday, 5/10. For an easier challenge, there are plane ...

At the age of 59, International Space Station cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov (pictured above) set a new record last week by ...

April 22, 2013 Image credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech [Dave Heller]: Get out the shampoo and ...

April 15, 2013 [Dave Heller] Come one, come all: techies, geeks, freaks, families and those just looking for a fun ...

April 8, 2013 [Dave Heller] Astronomers move a step closer to shedding light on dark matter, the stuff surmised to ...

NASA’s education and public outreach activities may come to a halt – part of efforts to pare $1.2 trillion dollars over the n ...

Astronomers catch sight of the fastest orbiting body yet – a small star circling a black hole every two-and-a-half hours! Remarkabl ...

The Mars Rover hits paydirt, or more appropriately pay-clay pointing to water, water everywhere; including possibly drops to drink. It ...

Scientists are studying other moons in the solar system and it turns out our moon is much less dynamic than others. Europa, a moon of Jup ...

Astronomers, who have been trying to accurately clock the speed of a Supermassive black hole for some time, finally got their chance. Ke ...

The asteroid that hit Russia seemed like quite a surprise, but over the last decade scientists have been trying to ...

Five months in the making, the Philly DoGooder campaign wrapped up with a lively awards ceremony Thursday night. The project had p ...