Eratosthenes became the first person to calculate the Earth's circumference with remarkable accuracy, a feat that stands as a ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our nearest solitary stellar neighbor ...

Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar ...

This image, taken by Curiosity, shows a selfie in front of Mont Mercou, a 20-foot-tall rock formation on Mars. This image, captured by the HiRISE camera, shows a bear-like face on Mars, formed by ...

Such is the picture painted by a new study from archaeoastronomer Giulio Magli, who calculated that this ancient solar ...

Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

Among the items are sandals, pottery and Britain's largest collection of Roman writing tablets, bearing IOU notes and gossip ...

Scientists have discovered ancient bacteria that can survive the ... suggesting that life could potentially travel between planets. Could this be proof of panspermia, the theory that life spreads ...

It may look like just another random boulder, but this old Spanish rock bears engraved lines that could be an astounding 200,000 years old, according to government officials. The age of the lines ...

Nowruz dates back over 3,000 years and has its roots in the ancient Persian Empire and the ... In addition to these main symbols, other items starting with "S" may be included, such as hyacinths ...

Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding light on the earliest known empire's complex bureaucracy. A discovery in ...

From my room in the medieval cloisters, I follow them along the ancient passage into the cathedral ... with a scallop shell — the traditional symbol of a pilgrim — at Hereford Cathedral ...