Long before modern observatories and spacecraft, court scribes in ancient China were quietly building one of humanity’s first ...

How could ancient astronomers observe and describe celestial phenomena with such precision without our modern instruments?

Eclipses are a common phenomenon and throughout history have often been associated with ominous predictions. The number of solar eclipses on Earth (total, annular or partial) is about 5 per year.

Angela Gier’s fifth-grade science class at Maple Lawn Elementary has been building their knowledge about the eclipse. They’re always building something in her Dallas ISD classroom. “I am a US Lego ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Two eclipses will occur in the next few weeks—a lunar ...

For one Vermont district, this week’s solar eclipse brought with it a unique opportunity for collaboration among educators across the K-12 spectrum. Amy Clapp, a 4th grade teacher in the Addison ...

As humans have evolved on Earth, many naturally occurring events — earthquakes, volcanoes, destructive weather — have struck fear into their hearts. At the top of the list, I contend, is the ...

On the days leading up to the eclipse, you and your children can get excited about the big event by building an eclipse viewer. There are a few ways to do this – the first of which is a simple pinhole ...