The remarkable tool was used for purposes such as time keeping, wayfinding, astronomy and astrology.

An Edinburgh resident has described his anguish after discovering his car had been stolen from outside his home. He said the ...

Prototaxites taiti’ was not a fungus but an extinct eukaryotic lineage, a study reveals, resolving a mystery that as perplexed experts for centuries.

One of the rarest objects held in Scotland has reached a major milestone – turning 1,000 years old. The artefact, an intricately crafted brass astrolabe, was made in 11th‑century Spain and is among ...

A meteorite chip sat in a small container, bathed in liquid, while the International Space Station floated overhead. Inside, ...

Virtuoso William Barton, renowned for bringing together First Nations culture and European classical music, reflects on heritage and the lifelong pull of the yidaki.

A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.

When a SpaceX rocket failure set the skies aflame over western Europe last February, no-one was sure if the debris was also ...

This aerial virtual tour moves across Calton Hill revealing Edinburgh from an elevated panoramic perspective. From above the neoclassical monuments stand prominently against open green space while the ...

It has magical stepping stones and mysterious caves ...

An Oklahoma tribe traveled to the University of Edinburgh for what is believed to be the first international repatriation of ...

An experiment on board the ISS tested the use of microorganisms to mine asteroids in the microgravity environment.