An astrophysicist has shed new light on how the ancient Egyptians viewed our galaxy thousands of years ago. In an "exciting" study published in the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage Or ...

Ancient Greek astronomer Aristarchus was the first who presented the heliocentric system, maintaining that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

An ancient book on astronomy from the 1500s sold for more than £10,000 ($12,200), as a "private international buyer" triumphed over intense competition at a U.K. auction. The Castle of Knowledge by ...

Imagine going back thousands of years and showing off the cool astronomical functions of your smartphone. It can tell the date and time with incredible accuracy. It can pinpoint your location. It can ...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to hear from Kelsey Johnson, professor of astronomy and director of the Echols Scholars Program at the University of Virginia, at ...

Looking into space can be pretty daunting. How do we make sense of the vast expanse above our heads, the millions of stars we might be able to see, and the billions more we can’t? This new series ...

Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? If so, how do scientists search for and identify it? Finding life beyond Earth is extremely difficult, partly because other planets are so far away and ...

Total solar eclipses, like the upcoming one on April 8, occur on reliable schedules that we can calculate far into the past. This information helps researchers date mysterious events from ancient ...

A group of ancient stars have been spotted near our sun, hinting to astronomers that our galaxy is billions of years older than we first thought. Most of the more than 100 bilion stars in the Milky ...

We live in a light-polluted world, where street lamps, electronic ads and even backyard lighting block out all but the brightest celestial objects in the night sky. But travel to an officially ...