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

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

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

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 ...

Invisible radiation leaking out of private satellites, like SpaceX's Starlink spacecraft, is disrupting radio astronomers' ...

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

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 ...

After leaving Earth, Tianwen-2 will reach Kamo‘oalewa by July 2026. This tiny, elongated asteroid likely spans no more than ...

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

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