Explore the controversial Phantom Time Hypothesis, which claims we are actually living in the year 1726 and questions the ...

New findings have revealed that a supernova struck Earth 10 million years ago, and the evidence lies at the bottom of the sea ...

The Middle Ages often lives in our imagination as a foggy era filled with armored knights, unwashed peasants, gloomy castles, ...

While scholars like Copernicus undoubtedly learned from the Islamic world, this was a two-way street, stressed Morrison.

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and color to show ...

Archaeologists have found a lost Silk Road settlement including the remains of a submerged necropolis within the world's ...

A medieval Oxford friar’s challenge to ancient science has been confirmed by modern telescopes, proving the stars are made of the same elements as Earth.

A medieval friar challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day around the make-up of stars and planets. Dr William Crozier ...

ROME (AP) — A medieval tower in the heart of Italy’s capital, near the famous Roman Forum ruins, partially collapsed on Monday during renovations of the structure, critically injuring one worker and ...

Astronomical understanding, accurate calendars and knowledge of exact geographic latitudes and longitudes were essential for all Islamic cities and towns. This body of astronomical knowledge was not ...

An astronomical anomaly that was first observed and recorded more than eight centuries ago is about to make a return visit to Earth’s night skies. Sometime between now and September, a double star ...

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 ...