Long before modern astronomy, the Assyrians were already observing the night sky. In this video, we explore an ancient ...

The book analyses five key battles (from the Battle of Hydaspes to the Battle of Assaye) to understand why India often ...

Six planets will align in the sky at the end of February, offering a unique spectacle known as a planetary parade. This event allows observers to view Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn with the ...

Addis Ababa — Ethiopia continues to serve as a living sanctuary for humanity's oldest intellectual pursuit, astronomy, preserving a deep and diverse celestial heritage that remains relevant in the ...

A clear explanation of how Earth’s orbit shaped the Gregorian calendar and why leap years keep our calendar aligned with the ...

Roanoke native Beth Brown took her childhood passion and endless curiosity for the world around her and manifested it into a remarkable career, where she became the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D.

What a wonderful question! The simple answer is that they relied on centuries of previous observations. Remember, even computers have to be programmed with the right data to produce future times of ...

Documents might help scientists shed light on unexplained phenomena and government secrets, experts said.

On Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, tradition holds that if the groundhog sticks his head out of his burrow and sees his shadow, we’ll have six more weeks of winter. But if the weather is cloudy, it means ...

Before telescopes, ancient Greek astronomers relied on naked-eye observations of the night sky to understand the universe around them. The meticulous star catalog belonging to one of the best of these ...

At first blush, the structures in New Mexico built by the Chacoan people and those in Ohio traced to the Hopewell culture bear little resemblance. The Chacoans, accommodating the arid desert of their ...