Prior to computer technology, how did astronomers so precisely predict solar eclipses? Kurt PetersenSheboygan Falls, WI What ...

Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

Long before modern astronomy, the Assyrians were already observing the night sky. In this video, we explore an ancient ...

Ancient Greek astronomers made important observations regarding the night sky long before the first ...

A piece of thousand-year-old parchment is finally giving up its secrets. In a major breakthrough this week, researchers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park used X-ray beams to ...

SLAC National Accelerator Lab researchers have revealed hidden references to an ancient “star map” in a centuries-old document.

History is often taught as if astronomy followed a single European arc—from Greek philosophy to Renaissance telescopes to modern science—while Africa appears absent or myth-bound. This series, “When ...