Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curiosity. This crossword quiz celebrates the minds who first charted the cosmos.

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the "Christmas Star" from the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a stellar explosion from a time when the cosmos was still in its infancy, catching ...

India has a rich ancient history of great achievements in mathematics which has been disseminated in the world and has led ...

Nandkumar M. Kamat The Star of Bethlehem remains a unique focal point in scientific inquiry, occupying a rare intersection of ...

The suggestion that ancient Greeks reached America before Columbus may seem far-fetched, but certain researchers think ...

An icy visitor from deep space has just pulled off one of the strangest light shows astronomers have ever recorded, flaring ...

When the 3 rd -century Christian theologian Origen of Alexandria attempted to account for the unusual movements of the Star of Bethlehem, he wrote that it should be “classified with the comets which ...

As 2025 draws to a close, we look back at the year and, in the world of science, at the findings that have kept the world on its toes. Space aficionados, in particular, have had a thrilling time.