Four and a half billion years ago, our solar system was a cloud of gas and dust swirling around the sun, until gas began to condense and accrete...

Future Space Planet Earth is an oasis of life in our solar system. It’s 5 billion years of history have[...]

Be thankful for entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers. They offset many of the sins of the political class and make our futures better. For decades,...

Astronomer Sebastian Zieba, who graduated with honors from Leiden University, is on an exciting mission to find atmospheres around planets outside our...

Many people know the rich and legendary history of Greece. However, who knew that the ancient Greeks originated from numerous tribes? In the beautiful...

The court’s strategy of avoidance and delay cannot last and may have been shaped by a desire to avoid controversy in an election year.

Two large asteroids will safely pass Earth this week, a rare occurrence – and appropriate in that Asteroid Day takes place on 30 June. Neither poses...

In a world so profoundly transformed by science and technology, it seems reasonable to ask: Why do religions still exist? A glance at recorded...

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have ended their close-door meeting with a truce that all contentious...

On Earth, you can look up at night and see the Moon shining bright from hundreds of thousands of miles away. But if you went to Venus, that wouldn’t...