The Ojibwe constellation Biboonkeonini, or the Winter Maker, overlaps with the Greek constellation Orion the Hunter. The ...

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is among the authors invited to a one-off literary festival designed to fill the void left by the ...

X-ray scans recover an ancient Greek star map beneath a medieval text, revealing Aquarius clues and Hipparchus-linked ...

Using powerful X-rays, researchers at SLAC are trying to recover erased traces of a 2,000-year-old star catalog that could ...

Yanis Varoufakis is among those still making the trip to Adelaide in February after Writers’ Week was cancelled ...

People, things, and places are named for many different reasons, but how did the Arctic and the Antarctic get their names?

A total solar eclipse will be visible from parts of Spain this August, and a yacht will be one of the best viewing platforms.

Down through the ages and across different cultures, the sky has always been a source of fascination for human beings. While ...

Freedom for a Night, a fun feminist, genre-bending circus stage play written by Caytha Jentis and choreographed by Maia ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

Learn how to spot Sirius, Procyon and their canine constellations, and discover the myths and science behind the dog stars.