How a lunar standstill sheds new light on Stonehenge

It may seem fanciful, but as darkness approached – and with it a vanishingly rare lunar event – ​​it was as if the beasts and birds of Stonehenge sensed something strange was happening. The song of the skylarks and the flight of the starlings seemed particularly energetic; hares, animals with mythical associations with the moon, … Read more

A once-in-a-lifetime lunar standstill will unravel the mysteries of Stonehenge

Few ancient monuments are shrouded in as much mystery as Stonehenge, the eerie prehistoric temple in southern England that began construction almost 5,000 years ago. The builders and designers left no written words to explain its meaning to them, nor do we know what it was used for all those years ago. Modern analysis has … Read more