The royal families of Mesopotamia were afraid of the dark. Two-thousand years before Christ, the prophets of that civilization warned that solar eclipses foretold political assassination.

While North America prepares for a complete solar eclipse today, the first that they would witness since August 2017, people have been reflecting on what an eclipse means. In the actual world, it just ...

Matt Hickman is an associate editor at The Architect’s Newspaper. His writing has been featured in Curbed, Apartment Therapy, URBAN-X, and more. Unlike other astronomical events such as shooting stars ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Aug. 21 total solar eclipse is just around the corner. To celebrate this major celestial ...