From the moment that astronomer Angelo Secchi identified γ Cassiopeia (gamma-Cas) as the first Be star in 1866, the object ...

The first planned artificial gravity experiment took place in late 1966, but the first human on the Moon beat them to it.

The world's top infectious killer, tuberculosis (TB), has plagued humans for thousands of years, and it isn't going anywhere ...

Fossil relatives of dragonflies, known as griffinflies, had wingspans of 70 centimeters (28 inches) 300 million years ago, ...

New research suggests that men who regularly ejaculate produce higher quality sperm with less DNA damage. The results ...

Though spacecraft with artificial gravity are still a distant dream, we had proof of concept way back in September 1966.

The ancient Greeks will never know how right they were in naming the planet Jupiter after Zeus himself. New observations ...

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In 1908, oil was first struck in the Middle East when a gusher sprayed 24 meters (80 feet) into the air at Masjid Suleiman in ...

From the moment he leapt from his capsule to the moment he touched the reassuring ground, a whopping 9 minutes and 9 seconds ...

The American space agency has just announced some major changes to the lunar plans by the end of the decade and beyond.

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