A look at how Edmund Halley pioneered the use of "big data" in 1686 by analyzing vast amounts of sailing logs and weather ...

Attributed to Bernard Picart, from Amédée François Frézier & Edmond Halley’s A Voyage to the South Sea, 1735, Engraving, Hispanic Society of America, New York. “A Room of Her Own: The Estrado and the ...

January 14 has witnessed significant moments in history, from the Third Battle of Panipat to Lance Armstrong’s doping ...

In the North East we are lucky to have just about the darkest skies possible above our head in Northumberland National Park.

Parking in Charlotte can be a battlefield, so let us ease your stress. These restaurants have easy-access, accessible parking ...

1973: The Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins, 14-7 to win the Super Bowl. On the same day, two Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed in Derry by a booby-trap bomb attached to their car by ...

From the total lunar eclipse in March to three epic supermoons this fall, these are the best celestial events of 2025 that are worth traveling for (plus one to look forward to in 2026!).

Astronomy can often give us clues to the past that are otherwise lost to history. In one case, an Italian astronomer has proposed that a dramatic total solar eclipse triggered a religious crisis in ...

That’s not all. As a young man, Williams knew several of the greatest physicists of the age, including Edmund Halley, a collaborator with Isaac Newton and the discoverer of Halley’s comet.

Halley's Comet takes about 76 years to orbit the sun once and will not enter the solar system again until 2061. The comet is named after English astronomer Edmond Halley, who examined reports of ...

As a young man, Williams knew several of the greatest physicists of the age, including Edmund Halley, a collaborator with Isaac Newton and the discoverer of Halley’s comet. In the portrait ...