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On This Day in History, June 15: Magna Carta sealed, first blood transfusion experiment, Batman Begins released and other key eventsOn This Day in History, June 15 features landmark moments spanning law, science, war and culture. From the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215 a...- On This Day, June 4: Iran's supreme leader elected, women's suffrage bill passed, ATM patent approved, D-Day delayed, first shopping cart introduced, Henry Ford's first car ride and National Hug Your Cat DayJune 4 marks a day of global historical significance. Major events include the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the liberation of Rome in World ...
- In 1900, sponge divers hiding from a storm found a machine underwater that changed what we know about ancient GreeceA routine sponge diving trip near Antikythera in 1900 led to the discovery of an ancient shipwreck. Among its treasures were corroded bronz...
- History's most famous Halley's comet may need a new name, and the real discoverer was a monk nobody ever heard ofHalley’s Comet naming controversy is reshaping astronomy history after new medieval research revealed a forgotten discovery from nearly 1,0...
- In 1967, a Cambridge student found a strange signal every 1.3 seconds, and changed astronomy foreverA graduate student's meticulous review of radio telescope data in 1967 led to a groundbreaking discovery. Jocelyn Bell Burnell identified a...
- Will the 'God of Chaos' Asteroid Apophis impact Earth in 2029? Here's what report saysAsteroid 99942 Apophis, named after the Egyptian god of chaos, will make a close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029, passing within 20,000...
- 2,000-year-old ‘guest star’ mystery from 185 AD solved by NASA X-ray studyAncient Chinese astronomers saw a bright guest star in 185 AD. This supernova remnant, RCW 86, was unusually large. New research reveals th...
- Richard Carrington’s first portrait discovered: A historic find for solar astronomyA long-lost portrait of Richard Carrington, the 19th-century British astronomer behind the largest recorded solar storm, has been discovere...
- Carrington Event of 1859: The Strongest Solar Storm on RecordIn 1859, the Carrington Event, Earth's most intense observed solar storm, disrupted telegraph systems and produced equatorial auroras. This...
- Ursid Meteor Shower 2025: Best time and location to watch the shooting starsThe Ursids are a yearly meteor shower that occurs when Earth passes through debris shed by Comet 8P/Tuttle, a short-period comet that circl...
- 2,000-year mystery cracked? NASA scientist says he’s finally uncovered the true identity of the star of BethlehemNASA scientist Star of Bethlehem: A NASA astronomer proposes a bright comet visible for over 70 days in 5BC as the Star of Bethlehem. This ...
- Finnish astronomers capture first-ever image of two orbiting black holesFinnish astronomers have spotted the first-ever image of two black holes orbiting each other, verifying these cosmic voids can appear in pa...
- Kristin Cabot’s ties to a 240-year-old rum legacy and her $2.2 million house amid viral scandal with Andy ByronPrivateer Rum CEO Andrew Cabot faces scrutiny as his wife, Kristin Cabot, Astronomer's Chief People Officer, is embroiled in a workplace sc...
- A star will explode on Thursday. Here's how you can see the once-in-a-lifetime celestial event happening after 80 yearsT Coronae Borealis, a star in the Northern Crown constellation, is about to explode in a nova. This happens once every 80 years. The last e...
- 'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4's threat rises. What will happen if it enters Earth's atmosphere?Asteroid 2024 YR4: NASA confirms asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 3.1% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032, potentially causing seve...
- NASA predicts once-in-80-years cosmic explosion. When and how to watch with naked eyeThe T Coronae Borealis binary system nova event, repeating every 80 years, may erupt by September 2024. Stargazers can witness this rare ph...
- Nova explosion: How to witness the ‘once-in-a-lifetime' rare star explosionNASA has announced that a rare cosmic event, a nova explosion within the T Coronae Borealis star system situated 3,000 light years distant,...
- NASA's Hubble captures 'beating heart' of Crab NebulaThe neutron star at the very centre of the Crab Nebula has about the same mass as the Sun but compressed into an incredibly dense sphere th...
- The eastern bubble bursts: East suffers due to lack of a capitalistic cultureThe rise of Saradha chief Sudipta Sen and his subsequent fall read almost like a celluloid script and it underscores the entrepreneurial ma...
- IPL final fails to chase India-Pakistan score in T20 World Class clashRajasthan Royals versus Chennai Super Kings final encounter was no match for last year’s India-Pakistan T20 World Cup final, which still ho...
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