Recent discoveries in science have intrigued astronomers, with the finding of a rapidly forming alien planet, capturing a star's end of life, the unearthing of a 32,000-year-old sabre-toothed cat cub, ...

Secrets of the ancient astronomers Close For most of human history, understanding the night sky was not the preserve of scientists, but a precious tool for our survival. Made by BBC Ideas in ...

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Archaeologists Discover 1st Astronomical Observatory From Ancient Egypt, Everything They Found Stunned Them Archaeologists in ...

Located just 25 light-years away, this shining beacon—about twice the mass of the sun and 40 times as bright—is so prominent in Earth’s skies that it captivated ancient astronomers across ...

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

"Even if old, NGC 1386 keeps rejuvenating itself." Astronomers have spotted thousands of young stars huddled around the center of an ancient galaxy, all of which formed nearly simultaneously 4 ...

O’Meara said. Imagine what the ancient Hawaiian astronomers might have seen that night. If they looked up at the sky, they would have witnessed the same stunning phenomenon as their Asian ...

The Duroor system divides the year into segments of 10 days each, beginning when the Suhail star is first spotted in the sky ...