Digital platforms are empowering people, especially young adults, to share, document and archive their family histories ...

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A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...

Researchers have uncovered how primate brains transform flat, 2D visual inputs into rich, 3D mental representations of ...

Review: The summer exhibitions at the Center for Photography at Woodstock challenge viewers to see empathetically.

How do you fashion modern galleries to showcase objects from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries? Visitors find out starting ...

Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery,” on view at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, presents—for the ...

There's an exception for certificates that demonstrate a car's compliance with federal, state or local laws, such as an ...

Learn more about the safety benefits of side-view mirrors while driving, plus why objects are so much closer than they actually seem.

The widely anticipated first images collected by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have been released, offering nothing short of ...

This week, astronomers spotted the third known interstellar visitor to our Solar System. First detected by the Asteroid ...