The planets are aligning. This Saturday is a rare chance to see several of our closest cosmic neighbors in a single sky. Six planets will assemble themselves for a spectacular “planetary parade” that ...

In his new novel Vigil, George Saunders puts us in the mind of an angel who crashes to earth for the purpose of comforting a ...

Despite the dramatic name, these alignments aren’t exceptionally rare. The last six-planet parade occurred in January 2025, ...

If Barack Obama’s comments about aliens were speculative, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell had a lifetime’s cosmic ...

Gypsum is a soft, translucent sulfate mineral that allows just enough light to penetrate for photosynthetic organisms to survive inside, while also protecting them from being desiccated or exposed to ...

The study by University of Oxford researchers in England suggests that while the moon’s magnetic field has been weak during most of its existence, it strengthened and even exceeded Earth’s magnetic ...

A telescope in Chile has revealed in unprecedented detail the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our ...

A 'ring of fire' solar eclipse glowed over Antarctica, witnessed by only a handful of researchers at Concordia Research Station. A blazing 'ring of fire' appeared in the frozen skies above Antarctica ...

DOLLY Parton has left fans sobbing with an emotional announcement. After taking time off due to a health crisis, Dolly, 80, ...

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. It’s time to say goodbye, and thank you to readers. Please join me in welcoming incoming Books Editor Radhika Santhanam who will be writing ...

Angel left Buffy the Vampire Slayer and started his own series, and he had some great villains in his own right.

Olympic expectations soared for Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito. But the women's figure skating short program didn't end the way they hoped.