#West Lafayette, Indiana

Author: Lisa Grossman / Source: Science News For the first time, astronomers may have watched a massive stellar explosion give rise in real time to a superdense dead star called a neutron star. New observations of supernova 2012au show charged oxygen and sulfur atoms fleeing the scene of the

Source: Atlas Obscura For more than 50 years, history buffs have gathered at Fort Ouiatenon in West Lafayette, Indiana, to honor the area’s rich history with the Feast of the Hunters’ Moon. The two-day affair, held the first weekend of October, consists of music, historical reenactments, and, of

Author: Lisa Grossman / Source: Science News A Mars orbiter has detected a wide lake of liquid water hidden below the planet’s southern ice sheets. There have been much-debated hints of tiny, ephemeral amounts of water on Mars before. But if confirmed, this lake marks the first discovery of a