The S.S. United States’s final voyage from Philadelphia to Florida, where (off the coast) it will become the world’s largest artificial reef, was delayed ...

However, in addition to the technology being far off, the ending shows us that humans are still a force to be reckoned with.

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

In a period of 20 days in 1971, Lee Trevino won the national opens of the United States, Canada and Great Britain. The feat might fall just short of being included among the storied individual ...

Parents need to know that this Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation of Herge's classic Tintin comic books is sure to delight adventure-loving tweens. The action is virtually nonstop and includes ...

That is a little over 3% of the average sun-Earth distance. The effect of this seasonal variation on the planet's climate is negligible; Earth's seasons are dictated by the tilt of Earth's axis ...

Director Bill Condon, who adapted Kander and Ebb’s 'Chicago,' offers a fresh take on the pair’s 1992 musical, casting Diego Luna and stellar new face Tonatiuh as cell mates of seemingly ...

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them.