Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

The energy state of an atom is denoted by its principal quantum number, designated n, which defines the probability of ...

Science occasionally gives us clearer views of the distant past. This year, researchers opened windows into the life and times of ancient Romans, impressionist painters and other towering historical ...

Visitors can wander through halls filled with dinosaur fossils, mounted mammals, minerals and global wildlife specimens.

A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...

A rendering shows the new, fully digital dome to be installed in the John and Jane Justin Foundation Omni Theater at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and ...

Many historians assume that these ancient “bone skates” were utilitarian devices, used for fast transit along frozen rivers ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...

An exhibit at Philadelphia's Science History Institute looks at food science through the lens of the school lunch program. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, ...

For Dr. Frederic Bertley, there’s a subtle connectedness among the seemingly disparate in the world. That connectedness underpins both his own understanding of the sciences, and his strategy as a ...

Some moments in history make you wonder whether the universe is just playing tricks on us. There are events so bizarre, so perfectly timed, that even the most skeptical scientists find themselves ...