A century ago this month, the Navy’s most famous airship, the USS Shenandoah, crashed. The fatal plunge was in Ohio, but the Virginia connections go well beyond its name.

The world's first offshore wind farm was installed in 1991 off the coast of Vindeby on the Danish island of Lolland. It included 11 turbines with a capacity of 450 kW each, and the project cost 10 ...

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The Sun's activity is rising again after decades of decline, surprising scientists and raising concerns about space weather.

Just after sunrise on Sept. 24, SpaceX launched three space weather spacecraft -- the primary being NASA's IMAP.

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Around the anniversary of the Great New England Hurricane of 1938, Yale professors expressed worries about similarly powerful ...

I think she’s really reactionary and intelligent about her own sexuality,” the Heart guitarist says of their surprise “Barracuda” performance.

The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can ...

Some people say Florida doesn’t have seasons. They are wrong. They might not be traditional seasons, but they come around as surely as spring and fall every year. Among the […] ...

Editor's Note: the tables mentioned in the piece below have all been inserted into the article individually in alphabetical order. Please see those for reference. As an Englishman, I can assure my ...