Science

The closest star to the earth (not our Sun, of course) looks like it has FIVE planets, an exciting development that opens all sorts of ex ...

This Wednesday marks the start of the Saturnalia celebrations. Saturnalia, the Roman mid-winter festival, was used by early Christians t ...

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Astounding! Water on the planet closest to the Sun? According to NASA , Mercury’s surface temp is -297 to 800F at the equator diurn ...

The earliest sunset of the year is this Friday at 4:35 pm and after a week or so, sunsets are starting to come later. It can be con ...

The charitable arm of one of the nation’s largest investment firms is bringing one of its programs to two Philadelphia universities ...

There’s the New Yorker Festival in the Big Apple, ...

Engineers working with fashion designers; artists working with computer programmers; musicians working with technologists. That ...

For the next two weeks every early morning you will be treated to a celestial choreography. Watch the eastern pre- ...

L.A. equals Hollywood; New York equals Wall Street; San Francisco equals high-tech. Jack Ferguson, president of the Philadelp ...

Now that the Kepler telescope has completed its primary mission, it goes on extended mission. Since 2009 Kepler has identified 2300 poss ...

“Geeks on a Train” — hashtag: #GOATPhilly ...

Less is more. That’s the idea behind SEPTA’s first Energy Action Plan. The new plan, released Monday, looks to save mo ...

Enduring Superstorm Sandy in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. taught me a lot about myself and about my survival cooking skills. The one ...

For many Long Beach Island home owners, this past weekend was their first visit to the barrier island hit hard by Hurricane Sandy two wee ...