Charles Lindbergh was the perhaps the greatest hero of the 1920's and was a symbol of the exploration and risk-taking of the era. Lindbergh's claim to fame was doing something that many had tried and failed. Seeking a $25,000 prize offered by Franco-American philanthropist Raymond B. Orteig of New Y...

"How has William Tyndale's translation influenced all the following English translations of the Bible?" In 1525, William Tyndale began to write his famous version of the scriptures. Printing had already been achieved, so Tyndale had the desire to give the people a Bible of their ow...

Comets have fascinated people for millions of years, but until 1994 no one had ever had the chance to witness firsthand the destructive power of these wanderers. From July 16 to 22, fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smashed into Jupiter, creating a series of fireballs in the giant planet's atmo...