On March 13-14, 2025, skywatchers in the Americas will witness a total lunar eclipse that mirrors one Christopher Columbus is said to have used to his advantage over five centuries ago.

The community of Ocho Rios (meaning ‘Eight Rivers’) is located close to the Jamaica Inn. Once a quiet fishing village and ...

Columbus deceitfully warned the Arawak people that his god would extinguish the moon in anger if they did not help him by ...

Jamaica has some of the most beautiful in all the Caribbean, but one of the very finest is the slither of sand at the Jamaica ...

Furthermore, the more dust or clouds present in Earth's atmosphere at that time can enhance this reddish appearance. Thus, ...

Lunar eclipses, also known as 'blood moons,' occur twice a year on average. But this is an exact replica of one not seen ...

The full Moon this month is also known as the Worm Moon, believed to come from seeing more earthworms as we get closer to ...

In 1504, the explorer Christopher Columbus was stranded in Jamaica and awaiting rescue. The local people there were tired of provisioning him and his crew with food, but Columbus had an ace up his ...

The first Black child born in America, William Tucker, was probably born on this date in Jamestown, Va. However, some ...

On his fourth and final voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus and his men were, for a time, marooned and hungry on the north coast of Jamaica. The Indigenous Arawak people were becoming tired ...