History is often taught as if astronomy followed a single European arc—from Greek philosophy to Renaissance telescopes to modern science—while Africa appears absent or myth-bound. This series, “When ...

Formal education in Africa begins early and decisively in Ancient Egypt. By the third millennium BCE, Egypt maintained ...

NASA has scheduled the launch for the Artemis II moon rocket for no earlier than Feb. 8. WTOP will have details on the ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary. Tom has a master’s degree in ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to massively expand its orbital footprint in a bid to power next-generation artificial intelligence ...

Arkansas will experience several exciting astronomical events in 2026, including meteor showers, lunar eclipses, and bright planetary displays, making it a great year for stargazing.

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has sparked intrigue in the scientific community after NASA's SPHEREx spacecraft detected ...

The tremor was recorded some 30 kilometres from the coast.

The term “Indian” pertains to the entire Indian subcontinent, which stretches from Burma to present-day Afghanistan and from ...

On November 23, 2023, a groundbreaking astronomical event unfolded as scientists from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration detected the most massive black hole merger ever observed. The finding was ...

This post features biographies and notable quotes from oral history interviews with planetary geophysicist Lynnae Quick, ...

NASA’s most powerful probe, the James Webb Space Telescope spotted the farthest galaxy ever recorded, making a historic ...