New research reveals how Mayan astronomers built a precise eclipse prediction system using complex lunar mathematics.

The Maya civilization possessed the remarkable ability to forecast solar eclipses with stunning accuracy for over 700 years, using nothing more than careful observation and mathematical genius. A ...

Researchers decode the Dresden Codex eclipse table, revealing how Mayan daykeepers predicted solar eclipses before modern ...

A 13th-century manuscript sits under glass, its bark-paper pages filled with vivid glyphs and cryptic figures, in a quiet ...

More than a thousand years ago, astronomers from the Maya civilization developed one of the most sophisticated time-keeping ...

On July 11, 1999, the Yucatan Peninsula was plunged into darkness as the moon passed momentarily between the sun and the ...

The Maya Civilization, from Central America, was one of the most advanced ancient civilizations, known for its significant achievements in astronomy and mathematics. This includes accurate calendars ...

The 405-month eclipse table had emerged from a lunar calendar in which the 260-day divinatory calendar commensurated the lunar cycle,” the authors wrote.

The researchers’ reconstruction shows that by mixing four resets at 358 months (the inex cycle) for every one at 223, the ...

The remarkable accuracy behind the Maya people’s eclipse forecasts may have emerged from an astrological calendar system that could still hold true ...

This skywatching quiz will test your knowledge of how eclipses, when to see them, and what makes each one so spectacular.

A solar eclipse is coming soon, but not as early as Saturday, Aug. 2, as the internet and social media might lead you to believe. The viral claims of a "once in a century solar eclipse" have spread ...