On Jan. 27, 1945, the Soviet army liberated the Auschwitz network of concentration camps in Poland, freeing some 7,000 survivors.

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California stargazers can observe a parade of six planets in the night sky throughout February, but the best time to see the ...

February evenings are quietly setting the stage for a wide planetary lineup, visible soon after sunset and stretching across ...

Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after ...

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: Space.com | Science: Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC) / Animation: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) ...

Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric.

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including six visible planets, an annular solar eclipse, and the Milky Way’s bright core returning to view in the Northern Hemisphere.

Around the world, trail designers are quietly employing surprising techniques to engineer awe. You’ve probably felt it without even knowing why. Inside the creative science that’s transforming your ...

"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources." ...

Jupiter and Saturn host strikingly different polar storms, despite being similar giant planets, and scientists have long wondered why. New simulations suggest the answer may lie deep below the clouds.

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.