EditorialPyramid of the Magician, Uxmal, among dense jungle vegetation. The priests who prayed in the upper temple observed stars and planets for their predictions and divinations (7th-10th CE). Height 28 m.
EditorialPanel from a table carpet showing the Four Continents, the Seasons, and Four Planets, between 1662 and 1680, British, Linen and silk satin, embroidered with silk and wool, passementerie of silk thread, silk-wrapped parchment, and metal, 36 1/8 x 87 1/4...
EditorialPanel from a table carpet showing the Four Continents, the Seasons, and Four Planets, between 1662 and 1680, British, Linen and silk satin, embroidered with silk and wool, passementerie of silk thread, silk-wrapped parchment, and metal, confirmed, with...
EditorialEducational booklets about planets, part of Beatrice Weber’s efforts to nurture her son Aaron’s interest in space with trips to the American Museum of Natural History, at their apartment in Brooklyn, July 29, 2022. (Jonah Markowitz/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Seven Planets. Dated: 1770. Dimensions: plate: 15.5 x 23.5 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.) sheet: 16.3 x 24.4 cm (6 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper.
EditorialMegan Mansfield, a University of Arizona astronomer and a lead investigator in an effort to study exoplanets, in Tuscon, Ariz., June 23, 2022. (Rebecca Noble/The New York Times)