Living in today's age of ambitious robotic exploration of Mars, with an eventual human mission to the red planet likely to happen one day, it is hard to imagine a time when Mars was a mysterious and ...

In the late 19th century, a Scottish immigrant named Williamina Fleming went from working as a maid to a career as a pioneering astronomer. The claim that Fleming went from being a maid to building a ...

Scientists working on unravelling the mysteries of star cluster formation have found an innovative way of sharing their work with the general public. Taking inspiration from a 19th century magic trick ...

Camille Flammarion’s work imagined what might exist beyond Earth in the universe. Three Lions/Hulton Archive via Getty Images Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic exploration of Mars, with an ...