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 ...

An astrophysicist has simulated the appearance of our galaxy as it would have been seen from Egypt 4,000 years ago. Reading time 3 minutes The massive galaxy that houses our star system, along with ...

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 ...

The attached image shows the sky goddess Nut, covered in stars, is held aloft by her father, Shu, and is arched over Geb, her brother the Earth god. On the left, the rising sun (the falcon-headed god ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers using the Gaia space telescope studied some ancient stars near the sun, revealing that our corner of the Milky Way may be billions of years older than once thought. When you purchase ...