The latest developments in cosmology point toward the possibility that our universe is merely one of billions.

An "annular eclipse" will be visible from a 240 to 300km-wide swathe of Earth stretching from Asia across the Pacific to the western US on Monday.

Vast Structure of Satellite Galaxies & Star Clusters Discovered Surrounding Milky Way --Nixes Existence of Dark Matter in Universe

For decades, cosmic theories have relied on dark matter — which exerts gravitational pull but emits no light — to be the hidden scaffolding that explains how structure arose in the Universe, how galaxies formed and how the rapidly spinning Milky Way manages to keep from flying apart.

It’s Time for the US To Finally Sign the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Why Are Religious Beliefs Off Limits?

Why we need college degrees more than
we need faith

Tensions between religion and science will persist unless believers recognise that skepticism is a hallmark of science.

Outward displays of belief in God have become a proxy for trustworthiness in the US. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

Gingrich’s wasteful, scientifically unsound
plan to put colonists on lunar soil.

Newt Gingrich
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