Gravitational lenses bend and focus light from the more distant cosmos, offering astronomers a cheat code for chronicling the ...

Commerce along sea routes was central to how Ancient Indian ideas spread around the world. William Dalrymple's new book ...

India is underrated in the conventional pecking order of great civilisations and empires. William Dalrymple, who has ...

The pet of moon goddess Chang’e in Chinese mythology, the Jade Rabbit is associated with Mid-Autumn Festival traditions ...

Explore Greek philosopher Pletho Gemistos, his radical reforms, influence on Renaissance thinkers, and the revival of ...

Once the cycle resumes and T Coronae Borealis fades from sight, it won’t appear again as a nova until sometime early in the ...

The prevalence of Greek-named towns and cities in Louisiana is a testament to the enduring influence of Greek culture and ...

Scientists will study nearby galaxies to uncover galactic formation history and dark matter. The universe may seem static, ...

A flowery passage in a 6,000-year-old Hindu text may be the earliest known reference to a solar eclipse, describing the sun ...

This colossal constellation, which occupied nearly 28% more space in the sky than Hydra, the next largest constellation, was not purely a Greek creation. Its origins date back even further, to ancient ...

In that glacial sample from the Himalayas, scientists have now identified more than 1,700 ancient viruses, though they note that these species do not infect humans. Their findings, tracing how the ...

Buto was the Greek name for a local ancient Egyptian ... highlight the "ingenuity and skill" of the ancient Egyptians when it came to astronomy. The Egyptians had an advanced understanding of ...