It wasn't only Antonia de la Ascensión who made this strange error. Juan de Iturbe, who explored parts of California in 1615, ...

Sue Halliwell marks the 150th anniversary of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s birth by tracing his ill-fated British ...

This week, NASA released the first image from the Europa Clipper spacecraft's voyage. The image is a mosaic of a star field, created from three shots the solar-powered orbiter captured in December of ...

Viking has announced their Viking World Voyage III that will depart in late 2026 and end in June 2027. This 170-day cruise ...

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot from a procession of robotic spacecraft attempting to land on the moon. How ...

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 sparked a new wave of exploration in the United States as a number of expeditions were ...

While Indigenous Australians have inhabited the continent of Australia for thousands of years and traded with nearby islanders, the first documented landing on Australian soil by a European was in ...

In The Curse of Oak Island Season 12, Episode 12, the team unveils the Blair treasure map, hinting at three hidden treasure caches.

Google Maps is celebrating its 20th anniversary, marking two decades of helping people explore the world, navigate unfamiliar roads, and uncover hidden gems. South Africans have played a huge part ...

Forty-five years ago the New Zealand historian J C Beaglehole completed his acclaimed edition of the journals of Captain James Cook’s voyages and the journal ... he accompanied Cook on his first ...

Libya authorities have uncovered nearly 50 bodies from two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert, officials said Sunday, in the latest tragedy involving people seeking to ...

In the 21st century, it is hard to find a tribe that is untouched by the effects of colonialism. It is well-known that ...