Dear Sir Sadequain,You have been in my thoughts since last month's extraordinary 'planetary parade' when on February 28, seven planets aligned in the night sky. Five of them - Mercury, Venus, Mars, ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three Victorian amateurs were determined to solve the puzzle.

A roughly 4,800-year-old royal Mesopotamian cemetery in eastern Turkey appears to complicate existing theories about how some Bronze Age societies shifted from egalitarianism to more rigid class ...

Archaeology often describes the rise of power and hierarchy in early Mesopotamia as a move from small, equal communities to big, complex societies run by cities, kings, and bureaucrats.

It’s funny that astronomy enthusiasts, by nature, are focused on science, and most of them believe in science. But you cannot believe in science only when it agrees with your assumptions and lon ...

On Saturday, the partial solar eclipse will take place from 4:51 AM to 8:43 AM, with peak visibility in Montreal occurring from 6:40 AM, coinciding with the sunrise. The maximum coverage will reach ...

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spoke in their first news conference since returning to Earth two weeks ago from an unexpectedly long I.S.S. stay that lasted more than nine months. By Kenneth ...

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Mar. 18, 2025 — Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had ... Combination of Cosmic ...

Apr. 3, 2025 — The same dirt that clings to astronauts' boots may one day keep their lights on. Researchers created solar cells made out of simulated Moon dust. The cells convert sunlight into ...

In the film Seven Years in Tibet, Brad Pitt portrayed Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, who in 1944 attempted to climb ...

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