Unearth the mysteries of ancient civilizations as you journey through time in our captivating exhibit. Discover the ...

A new temporary gallery celebrating space and the world of astronomy is opening at the National Maritime Museum this month, ...

A selection of active galaxies with supermassive black holes at their centers, illustrating the variety of shapes that can ...

Beneath Guatemala’s jungle, archaeologists uncovered a Maya observatory that reveals just how carefully this civilization watched the sky.

A sweeping new ALMA image has peeled back the veil on the Milky Way’s core, exposing a dense network of cold gas filaments ...

Astronomers have captured the central region of our Milky Way in a striking new image, unveiling a complex network of filaments of cosmic gas in unprecedented detail. Obtained with the Atacama Large ...

Using gravitational waves as a measure of the universe's rate of expansion could solve the biggest headache in physics, the ...

National Geographic archaeologist George E. Stuart reported in 1975 on the scientists who sought to decode the ancient language—and the looters who stood in their way.

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today. The ruins of the ...

It's far from clear if the weather is planning to cooperate, but spring arrives — technically, at least — Friday.