New research explains the science behind the sudden disappearance of fluffy cumulus clouds during a solar eclipse.

A statue in Maine made for a vagrant hawk offers one way to honor these fleeting visitors. Flaco fans take note.

It’s a dark and final curtain for both the sun and many fictional characters.

The award-winning astrophysicist and folklorist takes us on a tour of the Milky Way.

From a 1915 suffragist road trip to the “First Lady of Drag Racing.”

There are now more of the world's biggest trees in Britain than California.

A poignant, 2,000-year-old burial in northern Italy could be the latest evidence of an ancient friendship.

With an official NASA broadcast location, a performance by Janelle Monáe, an authentic Swiss town and much more, the Hoosier State offers every kind of eclipse experience.

After accidentally introducing invasive moths to North America, amateur entomologist Étienne Léopold Trouvelot turned his eyes to the skies and changed science.

In his debut cookbook, Dan Pashman busts pasta myths alongside delicious, unorthodox recipes.

Lee Choon Chiek has spent four decades collecting 70,000 toys, Happy Meal boxes, Grimace costumes, and more.

Thought you could only experience the astronomical event with your eyes?

When Broadway was a broad way and Wall Street was a wall.

The astrophysicist's search for an interstellar object led him to the bottom of the ocean floor.

Even popular cookies can end up permanently cut from the roster.

Explore a world of antique oddities, marvels of ancient engineering, and monuments to time.

Discover the untapped world of Europe’s second longest river.

Dark-sky parks, stargazing cruises, and other ways to tour the heavens without leaving our home planet.