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

There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical purposes.

"JADES-ID1 is giving us new evidence that the universe was in a huge hurry to grow up." ...

Researchers are using X-rays to discover invisible markings left on ancient parchment containing information from the Greek ...

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

We show how this "cosmic clock" uncovers the evolution of rivers, coasts and habitats.

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 ...

Some discoveries make you stop and stare. The Nebra Sky Disc is one of them. Unearthed in Germany, this 3,800-year-old bronze ...

As gas falls toward a black hole, it heats up and shines. If the glow becomes intense enough, it can push incoming gas away. Astronomers call this balancing point the Eddington limit, and for decades ...

A little more than a thousand years ago, monks at Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s Sinai desert removed Western ...

Mackie Planetarium at Northern Oklahoma College Enid will present its February sky show at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026.

Long forgotten and hidden under layers of religious texts, the world’s earliest star catalog has just resurfaced. Scientists ...