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When scientists discovered the first planet orbiting another star in 1995, few outside astronomy circles noticed. That planet ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In the late 1800s Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli pointed a telescope at Mars ...

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Early scientific theories—such as those explaining basic phenomena like gravity, burning, and the movement of molecules in water—centered on presumed ...

Europlanet has announced the winners of its inaugural Career Medals, which are designed to honour outstanding contributions ...

Pluto may have been demoted to non-planet status, but it still commands a court of five moons, as is fitting for the king of ...

The telescope began as a relatively simple device, born out of optical experimentation. It combined a series of lenses and mirrors to collect and magnify light, allowing the user to see far away ...

From plagiarism to planetary corrections, we take a look at Copernicus and the introduction of heliocentricity.