Galileo Galilei is arguably the most important scientist to ever live. He perfected the first telescopes, turned them toward ...

With Pope Francis's passing, focus turns to Cardinal Peter Turkson, who is a leading candidate in the upcoming papal election ...

This week, readers write about their day at Discovery Bay, the new Kai Tak Sports Park and what they know about the sun.

Would you say that this nation has a problem with free speech? If you do, then you should be very concerned about what has ...

When a parent is teaching their young child to relate to the world, they teach through associations and the identification of ...

On a cold January day in 1642, Galileo Galilei took his last breath, silenced by age but never by the inquisitors who tried to break his spirit. Exactly 300 years later, on January 8, 1942 ...

Tromso sits at the centre of the northern lights’ oval, meaning that the lights can be visible even when activity is low.

It is the time of year when our hemisphere turns its face from the sun and the Earth tilts us into short, cold days and long ...

On this date, Jan. 7, 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant stars, Galileo’s repeated ...