Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curiosity. This crossword quiz celebrates the minds who first charted the cosmos.

Try our fun new interactive end-of-year quiz, which is (mostly) based on stories and events covered in Physics World. Compiled by Colin White. How well have you been following events in physics? There ...

How many of these eight Christmas-themed questions — with subjects ranging from the NBA to the Olympics — can you get right?

A heritage of dark sky preservation means residents of Flagstaff welcome the season’s longer nights with prolonged views of the stars. An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new ...

We hear them from one Yuletide after another, the sounds of the season we’ve known and loved for decades. Just how much do ...