It was 92 years ago when Congress, motivated by Prohibition-era gun violence and the attempted assassination of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, passed the National Firearms Act, which, among ...
In the timelapse, on the left limb of the sun—that's the outer edge—we can see what is known as a solar prominence. This bright red structure is evidence of that plasma, extending out from the sun's ...
The 2026 total solar eclipse has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean the wonder has to end. Scientific American contributor and eclipse chaser Lucie McCormick watched the eclipse unfold from central ...