What does the word 'infinity' mean? The word infinity is derived from the Latin word "infinite", which means infinity and has no limit or end. As a result, infinity has become a popular and very ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: December 3, 1616, 401 years ago today -- a big day for mathematics ... a very, VERY big day. For that day saw the birth in England of John Wallis, the ...

A twisted ring of gas, one that stretches more than 600 light-years across the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, has been discovered by astronomers using a powerful infrared space telescope. The gaseous ...

Astronomers discovered a twisted ring of gas that looks like an "infinity symbol", stretching past 600 light-years across the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The gaseous ring gives birth to new stars, ...