The Winter Hexagon asterism is visible high in the winter night sky between late December and early March. By the end of ...

Find out which science discipline originated first in history. Discover how the earliest scientific discipline in history was ...

Explore the rich history of New Year celebrations, from ancient traditions to modern customs, highlighting diverse meanings ...

Explains how Earths day length could extend to 25 hours over hundreds of millions of years due to lunar tides, and how this ...

We often imagine ancient civilizations as primitive compared to today’s urban landscapes. Living in mud huts, traveling by ...

Our 24-hour day measures Earth’s rotation relative to the Sun, known as a solar day. This is slightly longer than Earth’s ...

Described in the Gospel of Matthew as the celestial sign that led the Magi to the newborn Jesus, the star stands at the ...

In the story found in Matthew 2:1-12, we find two stark reactions to the news of Jesus’ birth. The magi responded with hope, ...

Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:10 ...

One of the zodiac’s subtler constellations comes into view on winter evenings, with the moon helping to point the way ...

These ruins of the city of Babylon in Iraq date to the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 B.C.). A 22-inch-high basalt stela depicting Babylon’s king Nabonidus (r. 556–539 B.C.) shows him wearing a ...