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A new Kreutz sungrazer was just reported to SOHO’s citizen-science comet program — 5,200 discoveries in. Here’s how the ...

To the people who built Luxor, the sun was the force that held the world in order, and they followed it across the sky, ...

The scales of justice tip. The charge against Sagittarius, standing in the defendant's seat, is 'freedom.' Moreover, for some reason, the firewood prepared on the grandest stage refuses to catch fire ...

A total solar eclipse visible over China in 709 BCE reveals how much Earth's spin has slowed and insight into the history of ...

Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomer Gideon Bendavid-Walker had a run in with nature at a very different scale while leading a stargazing tour through the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in the South ...

An ancient Chinese record of a solar eclipse from 709BC has revealed new insights into how Earth's rotation has changed over ...

Correcting the location of an ancient Chinese city has enabled researchers to reconstruct a total solar eclipse from 709 BC with greater precision.

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The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum will open “American Stories, American Stamps” Friday, Nov. 20, an exhibition that ...

A solar eclipse recorded more than 2,700 years ago is revealing surprising secrets about Earth's rotation and the Sun's ancient behavior. By correcting an eight-kilometer error in the location of an ...