Flashes of light seen in the sky in old astronomical photographs may reveal the presence of reflective, satellite-like ...

Mysterious “star-like” flashes of light spotted in photographs of sky surveys in the 1950s have long been associated with the ...

Researchers poured over historical photographs in search of "transients"—short-lived flashes of light of the night sky.

Before Sputnik – the first satellite – was launched, something unidentified was lighting up the night sky. A new study ties ...

It began in an era when the night sky was pristine, long before the metallic glint of satellites and the clutter of orbital ...

Astronomical images from the pre-Sputnik era contain points of light that appear only once. Clues to an artificial origin ...

""The National Defense Education Act broke a logjam of opposition to federal aid to elementary and secondary education in 1958. Many believe that the launch of the Soviet's Sputnik satellite enabled ...

As the Soviet Sputnik satellite orbited the Earth, Americans became fearful that we were falling behind technologically. The response was a massive prioritization of science, technology, engineering ...

As the Soviet Sputnik satellite orbited the Earth, Americans became fearful that we were falling behind technologically. The response was a massive prioritization of science, technology, engineering, ...