A new map of the Milky Way has been released, giving astronomers a detailed look at the cold, dense gas floating throughout our galaxy from which stars are born. The APEX telescope in Chile recently ...

On the day of the 2025 autumnal equinox, the sun rises almost exactly due east and sets to the west. The months that follow ...

For centuries, astronomers used the stars to tell stories, make predictions, and even find their way. All of which depended on having an accurate map, mental or otherwise, of the heavens above.

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Maps / 3: World Maps Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's ...

Observations from NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey produced this high-energy neutron detector map of martian neutrons in the southern hemisphere. The blue region around the south pole indicates a high content ...

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, on January 7, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. In addition to his bumper sticker promises to put America first and make it ...

The autumnal equinox arrives Monday, marking the start of the fall season for the Northern Hemisphere and the spring in the ...