The first ancient Egyptian astronomical observatory has been discovered. Located in the ancient city of Buto, this 2,600-year ...

The suggestion that ancient Greeks reached America before Columbus may seem far-fetched, but certain researchers think ...

The Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza, also known as El Castillo, stands as a testament to the Mayan civilization's advanced ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

Data from China's Zhurong rover has revealed what appears to be an ancient shoreline streaking through Mars' northern ...

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

This is perhaps best encapsulated in a Walt Whitman poem titled “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer.” The narrator describes ...

Astronomers have spotted thousands of young stars huddled around the center of an ancient galaxy, all of which formed nearly ...

Experts have pieced it together. How ancient astronomy mixed science with mythology How ancient astronomy mixed science with mythology Mysterious carvings and evidence of human sacrifice uncovered ...

There is not a ton of evidence of what education looked like in ancient society, but we do know it existed - although not for ...

Astrology and astronomy – the words sound so similar. So why do you get such a stink-eye from your friend the astronomer when ...