The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

Seleucus of Seleucia was an ancient astronomer who defended heliocentrism, arguing that Earth orbits the Sun and rotates on ...

Science uses careful, organized observations and tests to construct theories that are recorded, passed on to others and built ...

This Friday, March 14, is Pi Day and what better way could there be to celebrate this essential mathematical constant, than ...

While many are still basking in the afterglow of the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, a lunar eclipse is about to have ...

A deep dive into the Egyptian gods and goddesses (their characteristics, myths, and symbols) who held significant sway over ...

Cherry Springs State Park sits quietly in Potter County, an 82-acre pocket of darkness that’s become the astronomy enthusiast’s equivalent of finding a golden ticket to Wonka’s factory. While millions ...

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025. Today, March 18, 2025, the moon is 18 days old and is in the Waning Gibbous phase of its lunar ...

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Saturday, March 29 ...

March's full "Blood Worm Moon," a phenomenon that makes the moon appear red during a total lunar eclipse, is visible this week for Americans and others in Earth's Western Hemisphere. The full moon ...