"Some of our ancestors were very skilled observers." A team of international researchers say they've uncovered new data on ...

A new study revisits ancient Chinese records to explore whether a comet could explain the Star of Bethlehem described in ...

Long before modern observatories and spacecraft, court scribes in ancient China were quietly building one of humanity’s first ...

After attending a friend’s wedding in Jaipur recently, we decided to explore the city. Jaipur, India’s first planned city, ...

A NASA planetary scientist has proposed what may be the first scientifically sound explanation for the mysterious Star of Bethlehem that guided the three wise men to the infant Jesus over two ...

“Megaconstellations” of vast numbers of satellites could threaten space-based astronomy, scientists have warned.

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out late in the evening of December 9 and ...

Exploring ancient ruins is like stepping into a time machine. Some of these ruins make you wonder how in the world they were ...

NASA’s Bennu samples have revealed an unexpected mix of sugars, sticky 'gum-like' material and ancient stardust. Scientists ...

The enigmatic Maya calendar synchronizes all visible planets, thus solving an astronomical puzzle that had remained unsolved ...

Researchers say this ancient “space gum,” once soft and flexible but now hardened, may have provided some of the chemical ...

The Bible states that three wise men, who were scholars, followed a bright star to reach Baby Jesus. They believed its ...