The Islamic Golden Age thrived as Greek thought, preserved by the Byzantines and rendered into Arabic, powered Baghdad’s ...

Ancient Greeks loved public speaking. Athenians flocked to performances in large venues and private homes to hear intellectuals debate subjects ...

The team looked for an explanation as to why the myth involved a seventh bright star, visible to the naked eye. Running ...

Although the Orionids can be observed across a vast area of the sky, they are named after a specific reason. The point from ...

Other reasons for the shift in signs, according to the New York Times report, could be the changing size of constellations or ...

"Over the past half millennium, the world has continually studied China, driven by cultural curiosity, economic interests, political ambitions, and ideological conflicts. Yet in every instance, ...

Pluto, the king of the underworld, was the ancient Romans' embodiment of death itself. Known as Hades in Greek mythology, ...

October brings a Full Harvest Super Moon, meteor showers, and the Seven Sisters. Here’s when and how to see them.

A faint radio "whisper" from ancient hydrogen reveals the universe was heating up long before it filled with starlight.

Ancient Greek sanctuaries were places of worship, but they also served as business centers, attracting large numbers of ...

Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for ...