An Ancient Greek Philosopher Was Exiled for Claiming the Moon Was a Rock, Not a God 2,500 years ago, Anaxagoras correctly determined that the rocky moon reflects light from the sun, allowing him ...

From the Moon’s size to the first calculator, the ancients made some jawdropping discoveries without modern technology.

For the first time, Fort Ancient will present a Moonrise Viewing event, and community members are invited to participate.

The film takes us on a journey through humanity’s evolving view of our home planet—from ancient beliefs that the Earth was flat and supported by gigantic elephants and turtles, to the ...

Could an ancient Indian breathing technique usher you through the gates of slumberland? Devotees of moon breathing say the practice is a drug-free way to reduce stress and drift off.

Scientists have finally demystified the incredible workings of a 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator built by ancient Greeks. A new analysis of the Antikythera Mechanism, a clock-like machine ...

The sun and moon were understood to be a married couple working out their issues! The next solar eclipse is happening on Monday, April 8 across much of North America.

Who Is Artemis? NASA's Latest Mission to the Moon Is Named After an Ancient Lunar Goddess Turned Feminist Icon Artemis was a major deity in ancient Greece, worshiped at least as early as the ...

The sun was worshiped as a deity in many cultures – and witnessing it get extinguished could be a particularly terrifying event.

For millennia, solar eclipses like the upcoming one on April 8 have inspired awe, wonder and fear. Here are some of the most intriguing accounts of solar eclipses from ancient Greece to the Mayan ...

In ancient China, the earliest word for eclipse, shih, meant to eat, and eclipses were believed to be caused by a dragon eating the sun. In Vietnam, the sun eater was a frog.