Scientists are reconstructing the oldest known map of the night sky - long thought lost to time - by using X-rays to reveal its secrets.

Deptford is a riverside neighbourhood in Lewisham which is home to London's oldest surviving passenger-only train station.

Researchers at California's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are working to uncover what is believed to be the earliest known celestial chart ever created. The ancient star catalogue, attributed ...

The shamrock earrings and tricolour face paints are flying off the shelves while final parade preparations are under way across the Republic of Ireland ahead of St. Patrick’s Day next Tuesday.

This legendary establishment has been pouring wine by candlelight since the 1800s, and apparently some of the original patrons never quite left. Located at 813 Congress Street in downtown Houston’s ...

Deptford station opened in 1836 as part of the London and Greenwich Railway, the first suburban railway in the world. It is the oldest surviving passenger-only station in London, built on a long run ...

A 3,700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet reveals the oldest known trigonometric table, showing ancient scribes used precise triangle ratios.

Forests were growing on the now-submerged landmass of Doggerland thousands of years earlier than previously believed, ...

Ancient DNA shows forests grew on the lost land of Doggerland 16,000 years ago, suggesting it supported wildlife.

Using cutting-edge ancient DNA analysis, scientists have found evidence of trees like oak, elm, and hazel growing on this now-submerged landscape over 16,000 years ago, thousands of years earlier than ...

Beyond the staggering age of the rocks and their long-gone inhabitants, these ancient chambers are steeped in human history.

The researchers discovered a hidden world of life among the roots of Chile's ancient alerce trees. Here's why that's important.