A new study revisits ancient Chinese records to explore whether a comet could explain the Star of Bethlehem described in ...

Astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell detected a strange signal from outer space that would lead to the discovery of the radio ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out late in the evening of December 9 and ...

Researchers in Peru uncovered an ancient structure older than the Chankillo Solar Observatory, reshaping views on early ...

Peru's Ministry of Culture has confirmed a groundbreaking discovery that rewrites the history of ancient astronomy in the Americas. Archaeologists working at the Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex ...

After attending a friend’s wedding in Jaipur recently, we decided to explore the city. Jaipur, India’s first planned city, ...

Women and ethnic minority groups are still significantly underrepresented in astronomy and geophysics despite attempts to bring about change over the past decade, research has shown.

Archaeologists in Tiel uncovered a vast 4,000-year-old sanctuary used to track the sun’s position throughout the year. Built by Bronze Age farmers, the site’s wooden posts aligned perfectly with ...

All 88 internationally recognised constellations have European origins. But First Nations astronomy tells older, beautiful ...

“Megaconstellations” of vast numbers of satellites could threaten space-based astronomy, scientists have warned.

The earliest cosmological ideas -- The early Greek philosophers -- The Pythagorean school -- Plato -- The homocentric spheres of Eudoxus -- Aristotle -- Herakleides and Aristarchus -- The theory of ...

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