The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the red planet seemed to be ready to give up some of its mystery .

A lot has happened in astronomy and spaceflight over the last 25 years. To celebrate our anniversary, Space.com is running a weeklong special report on some of our favorite topics of space ...

Using AI, historians track how astronomy ideas spread in the 16th century. Novel analysis of 76,000 textbook pages shows how widespread astronomy education in Europe was.

In the late 19th century, a Scottish immigrant named Williamina Fleming went from working as a maid to a career as a pioneering astronomer. The claim that Fleming went from being a maid to ...

An asteroid has been named after 19th century astronomer Annie Walker, Cambridge’s first professional female astronomer.