The Romans named the seventh day Saturday, based on the Roman god Saturn. The word means “enough.” Saturn’s reign was ...

MR. R. A. PROCTOR'S paper on “Saturn and the Sabbath of the Jews,” in the Contemporary Review of this month, reopens one of the oldest and most interesting questions in the history of astronomy.

The tenth and eleventh weekly Torah readings from Exodus, Vayakkel (35:1-38:20) and Pekekudei (38:21-40:38) deal with the construction of the Tabernacle during Moses’s time. Many readers think the ...

The Irish designer turned Loewe into fashion’s most coveted brand by radically reinterpreting classic garments. Now he seems ...

Dive into the world of hidden sci-fi gems that flew under the radar! We're exploring the most underappreciated and ...

1916: Mexican General Francisco “Pancho” Villa invades US. On the same day, Germany declares war on Portugal. 1918: The Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party. 1930: Birth of jazz ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far beyond any other planet in our solar system. A natural-color view of ...