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 ...

Long before modern astronomy, the Assyrians were already observing the night sky. In this video, we explore an ancient ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Fragments of one of the first-ever star catalogues—created ...

Researchers have discovered what is thought to be the first known map of the night sky, written over 2,000 years ago. The map was discovered by scholars studying Christian texts written on an old ...

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

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 ...

If you have a passion for stargazing, telescopes, the hubble and the universe and this thing we call “astronomy”, you are far from alone.   Of course, we know that astronomy is a highly ...

Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil has been predicting spring’s arrival every February 2 since 1887 — but the origins of Groundhog Day date back long before that. February 2 is actually a “cross-quarter ...

Born in Kath, Khwarezm – a region that today would be cover parts of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan – Abu Raihan Muhammad al-Biruni was a man of many scientific talents. His extensive ...

In 1900 diver Elias Stadiatis, clad in a copper and brass helmet and a heavy canvas suit, emerged from the sea shaking in fear and mumbling about a “heap of dead naked people.” He was among a group of ...

Before modern science had a true understanding of what a solar eclipse is and how they work, ancient cultures had to form their own beliefs over what happened during this brief, but awesome, event.