Astronomers have sighted the oldest known stellar explosion, dating back to when the universe was less than a billion years ...

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Peter Lindenfeld, a retired Rutgers University physics professor, celebrated educator and 65-year Princeton resident, died ...

A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom.

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Using ancient Chinese eclipse records, scientists have calculated the Earth’s variable rotational speed back to the year 709 ...

Because this record survived, we know more about ancient Chinese history, the rotation of the Earth, and past solar activity ...