Stars and planets are lining up for the change of seasons during the Northern Hemisphere's autumnal equinox this year.

On July 11, 1999, the Yucatan Peninsula was plunged into darkness as the moon passed momentarily between the sun and the ...

New research reveals how Mayan astronomers built a precise eclipse prediction system using complex lunar mathematics.

A 13th-century manuscript sits under glass, its bark-paper pages filled with vivid glyphs and cryptic figures, in a quiet reading room in Dresden, Germany. Known as the Dresden Codex, it’s one of the ...

There’s one under this rock!” we call out to our snorkelling instructor, who dives down and resurfaces triumphantly with a ...

The Maya civilization possessed the remarkable ability to forecast solar eclipses with stunning accuracy for over 700 years, using nothing more than careful observation and mathematical genius. A ...

A new study revealed how the ancient Maya used lunar and solar calendars to predict eclipses with remarkable accuracy.

More than a thousand years ago, astronomers from the Maya civilization developed one of the most sophisticated time-keeping ...