Chemists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wanted to understand why Roman-era concrete structures have been able to last the test of time, w

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A team of astronomers at Georgia State University recently published results in The Astronomical Journal that find that the amount of time for a star they

In 1957, Soviets launched Sputnik-1, the first artificial satellite ever sent to orbit, ushering in the beginning of the Space Age. This year marks the 65t

Astronomers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently published the first global view of the atmosphere of an exoplanet in Nature Astronomy. By map

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For the first time in almost a full year, residents of Earth will be able to observe a total lunar eclipse – a period in which the Moon travels into

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