Scientists say 3I/Atlas came closest to Mars in October. Its path this month put it in the path of the warm rays of our sun, where a tail became more visible. The 3.5-mile solar object is traveling at ...

Discover the list of 9 most famous mathematicians in history. Learn about Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, whose ideas shaped ...

In a new book, NASA astrobiologist Caleb Scharf says the fate of life on Earth may hinge on leaving our planet behind ...

For low Earth orbit satellites, the delay is measured in milliseconds. For lunar missions, it stretches into seconds and, for Mars, into minutes. This latency cannot be eliminated, but it can be ...

Canada’s prime minister argues that countries that build new networks and pragmatic alliances will be best placed to thrive ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and color to show ...