What did our ancestors think when they looked up at the night sky? All cultures ascribed special meaning to the Sun and the Moon, but what about the pearly band of light and shadow we call the Milky W ...

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

EXCLUSIVE: "Archaeology wars" have broken out over claims that the Giza Sphinx was built by a psychedelic civilisation of ...

William Dalrymple gives us a near-complete idea of how central India was to everything that happened in the ancient world ...

Join Dr. Stefania Barsanti at Siding Spring Observatory for a night of hands-on astronomy using the Anglo-Australian Telescope. Working with the Hector instrument, she observes galaxies, gathering ...

The transit telescope at the Allegheny Observatory was used to measure sidereal time, or “star time,” the basis for modern ...

From the heart of Mesopotamia to the heights of the Roman Empire, ancient civilizations have left an indelible mark on the ...

In early modern Britons consulted diviners to find stolen goods, learn about the next harvest, or scrutinise their marriage ...

We look through it and maybe overlook it, but glass is a vital 200m t/y material for the world today. Martin Pitt looks at ...

CAT TALES AND COCKTAILS: 6 p.m.-9 p.m., Crowne Plaza, 4728 Constitution Ave. Annual fundraiser with Halloween costumes, live ...