Edward Charles Pickering graduated summa cum laude from Lawrence Scientific School at the age of 19, beginning a position as a physics professor at MIT a year later. During his 10 years there, he ...

Full Moon occurs at 5:09 P.M. EST, bringing the light of the February Snow Moon to our nighttime skies. This name may seem particularly apt, given the weather much of the U.S. has been experiencing as ...

Saturn and Neptune have been near neighbors for a while. By the last day of January, the two planets are just 1.7° apart, visible in the early-evening hours and setting before midnight. About 90 ...