A 20-year-old planetarium, never used before, rediscovered by accident, now helps students explore constellations from new perspectives.

The day of 2025’s pre-Christmas full moon seemed the perfect day to highlight astronomy. Angelkeep never, with a capital N, excelled in that science. Insects are easier to identify than stars. The ...

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...

On Nov. 16, Lowell Observatory honored 30 years of NAAOP, a program bridging Indigenous communities and STEM education. The ...

Born in Macon, France, on Nov. 25, 1783, Claude-Louis Mathieu showed an aptitude for mathematics from a young age. Despite ...

Among the few treasures that survived Spanish colonization, the Dresden Codex stands as one of humanity’s most precious scientific relics. This folded bark-paper manuscript, adorned with colorful ...

1. Rejection of the Religious/Worldly Divide: Al-Ghazālī rejects separating sciences into “religious” and “worldly.” All knowledge serving humanity or fulfilling essential worldly functions is part of ...

For more than 120 years the Venus Table of the Dresden Codex -- an ancient Mayan book containing astronomical data -- has been of great interest to scholars around the world. The accuracy of its ...

Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college in the course of the 2025-2026 academic year. Bates News is introducing ...

Astronomy day 2025 is upon us! To celebrate, we've picked six targets to emphasize the variety and scale of objects visible in the night sky that will make for a beautiful and rewarding sight, whether ...