Astronomers have stumbled upon a pair of massive black holes in a distant galaxy that are triggering unusual bursts of light ...

New Curtin University-led research has uncovered what may be the oldest direct evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars ...

The canal networks were built as early as 4,000 years ago by semi-nomadic people in the Yucatan coastal plain. According to ...

The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.

The copy of "Harmonia Macrocosmica" dates back to the 17th century and includes ancient theories of the universe ...

Archaeologists Discover 1st Astronomical Observatory From Ancient Egypt, Everything They Found Stunned Them Archaeologists in ...

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

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

Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.

Anthropologists have spent decades documenting a mysterious collection of symbols etched into the Peruvian desert, depicting everything from human decapitation and domesticated animals to knife ...

Get your head around the best headlamps for astronomy in time for Black Friday: These lamps are perfect for stargazing and late-night runs. Owning one of the best headlamps is a must if you're a ...