Rachel Feltman: These days, science and magic are generally thought of as being diametrically opposed: fact versus fiction, reason versus fantasy, modern sensibilities versus archaic misconceptions.

The University of Texas at Arlington Library and the Medieval Science and Technology class are collaborating on a special eclipse exhibition. Editor’s note: This story is part of The Dallas Morning ...

Halley’s Comet naming controversy is reshaping astronomy history after new medieval research revealed a forgotten discovery ...

A rare astronomy tool that helped medieval scientists tell time will remain in Britain after the British Museum scrambled to come up with the money to buy it. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

In a monastery library on the Sinai Peninsula, a devotional handbook by the monk John Climacus sat quietly for centuries while a far older scientific treasure hid beneath its ink. Medieval scribes had ...

Foreword; Preface; Contents; Chapter-1; The Origins of Astronomy; Human Experience of the Sky; Figures in the Sky: The Constellations; The Ancients' Astronomy; Chapter-2; The Babylonians; The ...

Every summer, the Getty Center has given free rein to a lineup of artists to transform the museum’s architecture, gardens, and exhibitions as part of its long-running Friday Flights performance series ...

LONDON — A rare astronomy tool that helped medieval scientists tell time will remain in Britain after the British Museum scrambled to come up with the money to buy it. The brass device, called an ...

LONDON — A device that helped medieval scientists tell time will remain in Britain after the British Museum scrambled to come up with the money to buy it. The brass astronomy tool, called an astrolabe ...