Walking to the roof of Carnegie Science Hall to visit the college's observatory feels like being in a boat — the strange ...

A time-lapse view of Antarctica & the moon can be seen in footage captured by the Meteosat-11 satellite. Credit: Simon Proud ...

Apollonius is far from the only ancient scholar whose work was saved by the medieval Islamic tradition: “we generally recognize that we have Greek texts today because of the Arab ‘hold’ on these texts ...

Recent finds uncovered by metal detecting efforts near the hamlet of Hezingen in the Netherlands, however, prompted ...

Perched on a hilltop in the heart of Malta, the ancient walled city of Mdina offers a breathtaking glimpse into the island ...

Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released ...

On a wooded knoll on private property in Lake Angelus — less than a mile from the Great Lakes Crossing shopping mall in Auburn Hills — stands a hidden landmark to the history of science ...

Raise the bar for the big day this year with a twosome-perfect overnight getaway — there’s one for every couple ...

Slurred speech eventually shortened the name to a single word--marigold. In the late medieval period both the Dutch and Low German languages included equivalents of the English name: Marienbloemkijn ...

Birds of prey in medieval Britain relied far more heavily on scavenging human waste than previously thought, according to research that analyzed more than 30 ancient bird skeletons. Ancient red ...

January is absolutely the month to take up astronomy. Mars is at opposition, its biggest and brightest, on January 15-16. Just a day later on January 17, Venus and Saturn are in conjunction ...

Stunning medieval wall paintings inside France’s Angers Cathedral remained hidden for centuries. But now, for the first time, conservators from the University of Cambridge’s Hamilton Kerr Institute ...