About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by ...

It is Lent in the Christian world, but in reality, it only alters the lives of monks and Moscow restaurateurs, who rush to invent Lenten menus to profit from the public's fear of living in sin.

NASA's astronomical model, dating back to the 1990s, has reignited discussions about the cosmic events surrounding Jesus ...

Long before telescopes and satellites, beneath the sweeping skies of southern England, ancient people gathered enormous ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon swoop past a small asteroid. It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in ...

“Christian texts mention that the moon turned to blood after Jesus’s crucifixion — potentially referring to a lunar eclipse, ...

Easter 2025 will be celebrated on April 20, but the date isn’t fixed. It is determined using a centuries-old formula tied to ...

So, what exactly is Easter all about? Where did it come from, and how has it stayed so meaningful through the centuries? From ...

Researchers have created a computational model of the Antikythera mechanism to test how it worked. It was prone to jamming ...

A lengthy calendar of festivals beginning ... It is unclear what astronomical significance, if any, the Arrows had in ancient Egypt. An image of a weapon-wielding war god representing the planet ...

Researchers simulated the device's ancient gear system to find out whether the contraption actually worked. Apparently, it did not.

Several years ago, CT scans suggested that the 2,000-year-old device was an astronomical tool ... These include giving the ...