Unesco-listed fortified town in northwest Africa fights to preserve buildings and medieval books about science, astronomy and ...

In many African cultures, the Griot is more than a storyteller. The Griot is the living archive of the community — a guardian ...

From dragons and demons to cosmic squabbles, discover six fascinating ancient beliefs about solar eclipses from around the ...

Liberia's Special Envoy on Cultural and Heritage Diplomacy, Ambassador Lorenzo Llewellyn Witherspoon, has delivered a powerful keynote address at the opening of UNESCO Africa Week 2025, held at the ...

Holland America Line has launched two new solar eclipse cruises departing in summer 2027.

On what might have been the proudest day of Jack Burns’s long career in astronomy, he was sitting on a beach. Orbital ...

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft is scheduled to launch this week and will study two solar system bodies up close.

Australian and South African Indigenous artists explore creativity at the intersection of modern science and ancient wisdom. Cosmic Echoes is up at Wits Origins Centre from Friday 23 May until ...

But when scientists peer very far back, they find conundrums. JWST observations of the distant past are at odds with ...

Researchers speculate the ancient Greek Dragon Houses may have been used as temples, astronomical observatories, or storage ...

Imagine Earth containing the remnants of an ancient planet locked within its mantle. This intriguing concept has gained ...