The importance of darkness, solar eclipses, Mars, the Webb Telescope and just how dangerous space is are the subjects for ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Did you look up in lockdown? Millions did and have since ...

An ancient book on astronomy from the 1500s sold for more than £10,000 ($12,200), as a "private international buyer" triumphed over intense competition at a U.K. auction. The Castle of Knowledge by ...

The author, a writer with interests in astronomy and history, acquired a seven-volume set of Pierre Gassendi's works, signed and bookplated by Charles Messier in 1756. The acquired set includes ...

There might be an undiscovered treatise hidden within a Renaissance astronomy book. One of two astronomy books recently donated to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), located west of Buffalo ...

First up, just pointing a rocket at the Sun and blasting as hard as you can would result in a wild miss. The main problem you face, other than capturing your enemy and/or convincing them to step into ...

From tracking the seasons to “following the gourd” to freedom, knowledge of the stars was imperative for enslaved Africans. Their descendants are reclaiming those ties. The Milky Way shimmers above a ...

Today, books with pop-up illustrations—flaps to be lifted, tabs to be pulled, and wheels to be turned—form a small niche of the book market. Mostly, pop-up books are meant to get young children ...