1+ week, 4+ day ago   (510+ words) Standing outside my home at 9:30 p.m., while crickets rubbed their forewings together to create a soothing sound and a faint fox odor floated in the air, I aimed my binoculars at the moon. A dark, curving shadow covered part of the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (152+ words) Published 3:46 pm Monday, August 31, 2026 Did you get out of the easy chair to go out and take a look at the partial lunar eclipse last week? “We hope that everyone around here got to see the sensational (near-) Blood Moon…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (30+ words) A provocative theory asks whether humanity is being observed, guided, or studied by an intelligence far older than our …...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (901+ words) For much of human history, the question of whether we are alone in the cosmos was largely confined to philosophy, theology, and science fiction. Today, it is increasingly associated with science, national security, and risk management. Something significant has changed....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (198+ words) The Sun's corona glows as the Moon completely blocks the Sun during the totality phase of the total solar eclipse as seen from the sea port of Tarragona, northeastern Spain, on August 12, 2026. Millions of Europeans contemplated the sky in awe…...