The ancient Greeks we admire today regarded these seven men as the wisest of their time. They attributed to them not only the ...

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

Now, over a century since its discovery, scientists at the University of ... determine the timing of significant events for the ancient Greeks such as the Olympic Games. “Towards the end of ...

Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.

Discover the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek marvel that challenges our understanding of historical technology and ...

The Temple of Poseidon was once lost but scientists have discovered the structure dedicated to the Ancient Greek God of water ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

how Ancient Greek astronomers were the first to postulate that the Earth moves around the sun; how Hippocrates was the first medic to presume that illness came from natural causes.

What a Great find. New archeological research has uncovered a piece of cloth with a “physical description [that] exactly fits ...

Researchers believe they may have found a fragment of a long-lost star map compiled by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus, who made the earliest known attempt to chart the entire night sky.

Navaornis is likened to a sort of Rosetta Stone for decyphering the evolution of bird brains.

Pikes Peak, originally named Tavá Kaa-vi by the Ute people, lends its ancestral name, Tava, to these notable rocks. They are composed of solidified sand injectites, which formed in a similar manner to ...