Christmas is celebrated by the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalemite, Polish and Serbian Orthodox churches, the Athos monasteries in Greece, as well as the Eastern Catholic Church and the Old Believers ...

Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark Epiphany. According to the Bible, the feast marks the day that three wise men guided by a star came to visit the newborn Jesus. Francis said ...

Ruth Kinna's examination of Christmas, Kropotkin's connections to the traditions and the potential within it for a radical ...

A new image resembling a Christmas wreath captures young stars lighting up dense, dark clouds of dust. The image features NGC 602, a star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby galaxy to the ...

All the hustle and bustle of the season is over, as the saying goes “all done and dusted”, well at least until next year, if ...

A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the sun by any human-made object. The US space ...

Sunita Williams and her fellow astronaut Barry Wilmore have been at the ISS since June. NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who are currently stuck at the International Space ...

For the first time in nearly 20 years, Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah coincide on December 25, 2024. This unique overlap, known as Chrismukkah, celebrates shared values of light, love and ...

A Christmas photo shared by NASA astronauts stranded on the international space station has everyone wondering how they got their hands on Christmas treats. The images, which show Butch Wilmore ...

Issues delivered straight to your door "From all of us to all of you, Merry Christmas!" ...

ARIZONA, USA — Space is wishing Earth a Merry Christmas from 2,500 light-years away! A NASA telescope combined with data from an X-ray gave a special present for the holidays. Although the star ...

So, what's the real story behind the Christmas cheer at 250 miles above Earth? Turns out, the explanation is much simpler—and a lot more festive than anyone imagined. When astronauts Butch ...