The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction. Billions of years ...

She mothered several important gods in Roman mythology, including Mars, Vulcan, Bellona and Lucina. Juno was worshipped in ...

ANITA: What other Roman gods were there? MUM: The Romans had HUNDREDS of gods. The soldiers want to fight well? Pray to the god of war, Mars. Travelling at night, through the country side and ...

May is named after the earth goddess, Maia. June is named after Juno, the goddess of marriage and childbirth. July was named ...

Spock is perhaps Star Trek's defining character. However, in Gene Roddeneberry's original pitch for the series, the Vulcan ...

A robot on the hunt for signs of alien life on Mars has taken a huge battering, shock new images released by Nasa show. The ...

making her the divine mother of the Roman people. Similarly, Mars was the father of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. Aeneas and Romulus themselves were believed to have been made gods ...

Atstrologer Adama Sesay explains how your Mars sign can show what fuels your passion, your primal instincts, and your sexual ...

Step right up into the seafoam, folks; we're talking Venus, our planet of love, intimacy, wealth, and worth. Read on to learn ...

Roman Mars is host of the 99% Invisible podcast and co-author of The 99 Percent Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020). He’s based in ...

Roman religion involved cult worship. Approval from the gods did not depend on a person’s behavior, but on accurate observance of religious rituals. Each god needed an image – usually a statue ...