About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research.

Science history On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular ...

April 13 is as ordinary a day as any other—which means that over the years it has seen its fair share of science headlines. Read on for the details. Mathematician Stanislaw Ulam had an illustrious ...

This year, the museum opened “Forensic Science on Trial,” a temporary exhibition that explores how people influence the way forensic science is used in the pursuit of justice. The exhibition’s curator ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Fans of science fiction offer an unusual opportunity to study that rare bird—a “public” view of science in history. Of course science fiction ...