The observation signaled the emergence of a new Black elite in New York City, which bloomed during the Gilded Age, a period toward the end of the 19th century marked by rapid economic growth and ...

What's at the center of a black hole? Scientists have a sobering answer. First, the good news: Black holes aren’t out to get us. But they do hold unfathomable mysteries.

Black holes are places where gravity is so powerful that nothing — not even light — can escape. Rather than being empty, black holes are chock full of matter that gets squeezed into a teensy ...

State legislatures have long served as a path to Congress. In the more than 10 years since the first report, there’s been an acceleration of Black women “moving along the pipeline,’’ said ...

In the process, the black-footed ferret was nearly wiped out. In 1987, 18 animals were captured in the wild to begin a captive breeding program, which has since reintroduced ferrets into promising ...