The sun’s rhythm may have set the pace of each day, but when early humans needed a way to keep time beyond a single day and night, they looked to a second light in the sky. The moon was one of ...

Unearthed just two decades ago in what is now eastern Germany, this 12-inch bronze circle is inlaid with gold strips in the shape of the Sun (or Full Moon), a crescent Moon, and various stars.

A capsule filled with art and artifacts is headed to the moon at the start of next year, where it will remain indefinitely as a celebration of the human capacity for creativity.

The sun played a fundamental role in the worldview of ancient Mesoamerican peoples. Among other roles, the solstices and equinoxes functioned as markers that were used to determine the ...

They found one, Supernova HB9, which would have been visible on Earth in 3600 BC with a brightness comparable to that of the moon. "We suggest that this is not a terrestrial hunting scene but is ...

Thirty miles northeast of Mexico City, in the ancient Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacán, is a huge monument known as the “Pyramid of the Moon.” Recently, a team of archaeoastronomers proposed ...

About 2,000 years ago in the eastern Mediterranean, certain magi were said to have observed the rising of a star to which they attached portentous significance. Those wise men must have been ...

These terrible events, according to ancient Nordic lore, are the result of two sky wolves, Skoll and Hati, who are always chasing the moon and sun, respectively. When the sun is caught, darkness ...

The Freer Gallery of Art possesses one of the finest and largest collections of ancient Chinese bronzes outside China. Representing all periods of the Bronze Age, the collection is particularly rich ...

In Ancient Night, Rabbit is the guardian of the moon. Every night she fills it with sap, or agua de miel , from the holy agave plant. Rabbit's rival, Opossum, becomes jealous.