From the beginning of time to the origins of life, our "when" special series tackles the timing of crucial events and the ...

By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...

It turns out that one of the most prominent space artists predicted how a strange celestial object would look — 50 years in ...

At the very beginning of its history, Earth was dry. How did it become a blue planet? A new theory could provide an answer.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

In 19th-century France, the young chemist challenged the theory of spontaneous generation and discovered an invisible world ...

The results of Foote’s simple experiments were confirmed through hundreds of tests by scientists in the US and Europe. It ...

The transition to LED lights started with a law signed by George W. Bush. No matter what Trump says, factories can’t easily ...

The self-taught artist Abraham Lincoln Walker worked in his basement on phantasmagorical paintings, discovered by the art ...

This event aims to engage and educate the community about the groundbreaking contributions of Black inventors and scientists.

President Donald Trump made a rare appearance with Elon Musk, his most powerful adviser, in the Oval Office before signing an ...

We celebrate the centenary of Nature’s announcement of the discovery of the Taung child, Australopithecus africanus, a discovery that confirmed Africa as humanity’s cradle and revolutionised ...