The SpaceX rocket lifted off at 8:36 p.m. from its launchpad at the California base and reached low Earth orbit about 8½ ...

This serene spiral galaxy hides a cataclysmic past. The galaxy IC 758, shown in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, ...

Space artists can sometimes stretch scientific data for a bigger visual bang. At New York's natural history museum, they ...

Synchronous fireflies illuminated the Smokies, and Knox News captured some of the best moments from this year’s event.

The Allison family's annual Christmas light show on Sandy Creek Road is facing potential legal action from neighbors concerned about traffic and emergency access. But the family says it works with ...

A spellbinding light show remains talk of the Italian town of Bressanone (Brixen) in South Tyrol. Renowned artist Stefano Cagol ignited series of SOS torches to symbolise a UNESCO global appeal ...

Where to see fireflies this early summer is drawing attention as nature’s light show returns across the country. This summer’s firefly displays bring out rare syncs and glowing swamps that ...

In a subset of them, catalytic activity is triggered by light. For example ... Getting more out of X-ray scattering data At LCLS, the team shone X-ray pulses on their iron pentacarbonyl sample ...

Few public figures have grasped Brooks’ insight as deeply as the activist whose legacy Mark Whitaker chronicles in his luminous, nuanced “The Afterlife of Malcolm X.” In his telling ...

The Carolina Hurricanes, led by coach Rod Brind'Amour and captain Jordan Staal, face a crisis after a 5-0 defeat to the Florida Panthers, extending their Eastern Conference Final losing streak to ...