975: Death of Edgar, King of England. 1497: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs on his first voyage, becoming the first European to reach India by sea. 1538: Spanish conquistador of Chile and ...

James Cook's HMS Endeavour, long lost to history, has finally been identified in Rhode Island, ending a 250-year mystery. (CREDIT: David Knight / ANMM) ...

The Harvard Medical School renamed its diversity office and announced changes to several major DEI programs on Wednesday in the latest rollback of diversity infrastructure at Harvard.

One problem in determining their danger is that co-orbitals have unpredictable orbits. "The co-orbital asteroids of Venus are highly chaotic, with Lyapunov times of the order of 150 years," the ...

Kate names HMS Glasgow by smashing bottle of whisky against its hull The Prince and Princess of Wales attended the naming ceremony which took place on the River Clyde. Thursday 22 May 2025 17:53, UK ...

Venus is already one of the hottest planets in the solar system, but NASA has just detected a sudden, unexplained heat wave sweeping across its surface. This mysterious thermal surge has ...

On 9 May 1945, the British warship HMS Bulldog arrived at St Peter Port, Guernsey, where German forces signed a document onboard to formally surrender. Sark was liberated a day later on 10 May 1945.

Today is Sunday, May 4, the 124th day of 2025 with 241 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars and Uranus. Those born on ...

Back in 1845, Sir John Franklin set out with two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror, to find the Northwest Passage. They vanished without a trace, sparking one of history's great maritime ...

The HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier is working towards the UK’s most ambitious carrier deployment in recent years, with two full F-35B squadrons on board.After nearly a year of fervent ...