Photo: the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun, 5-6 June 2012. Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

Two Scholars, One Celestial Event: The 1769 Transit of Venus

By Melissa Berry on June 2, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells the story of two men who carefully observed the transit of Venus across the Sun in 1769... (Read More)

Photo: Captain Robert F. Scott’s party at the South Pole, 18 January 1912. L to R: (standing) Wilson, Scott, Oates; (seated) Bowers, Edgar Evans. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

‘The Worst Has Happened’: Tragedy on the Ice

By Tony Pettinato on November 12, 2019

An article about the fatal Antarctic expedition of Captain Robert F. Scott in 1912 that ended with the deaths of five men... (Read More)

Photo: Albert Einstein during a lecture in Vienna in 1921. Credit: Ferdinand Schmutzer; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Albert Einstein, ‘Person of the Century,’ Died

By Tony Pettinato on April 18, 2019

An article about the genius Albert Einstein’s death on 18 April 1955 – and how the great physicist took his final secret to the grave with him... (Read More)