The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything ...

Nordlingen is no ordinary German town. With its red roofs, church towers, and ring of ancient walls, it wears its medieval ...

The Beatles are headed back to one of the band’s most famous sites with a new fan experience in London. Apple Corps Ltd, the ...

Dante’s Inferno may have been far more than a religious epic. New research argues that the 14th-century poet essentially ...

Uncover the shocking history of the Chesapeake Bay, where a 53-mile-wide impact crater formed over 35 million years ago ...

Beginning in July, stargazers can look forward to three meteor showers this summer, including the famed Perseids. Here's how ...

Beginning in July, stargazers can look forward to three meteor showers this summer, including the famed Perseids. Here's ...

The Hoba meteorite in Namibia is the largest known natural piece of iron on Earth, weighing about 60 metric tons today. By ...

This annual event, which peaks on the night of May 5 into the next morning, comes from the trail of debris left by Halley's ...

From meteor storms to exploding stars or supernovae, there are a myriad of rare or once-in-a-lifetime events that take place ...

Many New Yorkers likely looked up to the sky this week in hopes of seeing the flashing lights of meteors as the Lyrids shower reached its most active state of 2026. The Lyrids meteor shower, which ...