Peering into the past, we find that our ancestors held a surprisingly advanced understanding of the stars and constellations. Their knowledge, as revealed in ancient texts, often rivals our modern ...

A new analysis of the 6,000-year-old stone circle known as Rujm el-Hiri (also Gilgal Refaim) in Golan Heights suggests that it was not built to observe the heavens. When you purchase through links on ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Finds from a suspected ancient astronomical observatory (right) in the 6th century BCE, overlaid ...

In the quiet village of Mudumal in Telangana's Narayanpet district, a group of ancient stone sentinels rise from the red earth. These tall, weathered menhirs, dating back roughly 3,500 to 4,000 years, ...

King Alfonso X "the Wise" (b. 1221) was a noted scholar who pioneered the translation of Arabic and Andalusian astronomical works into vernacular Castilian. His multicultural court was active in ...

Astronomers have discovered a vast, dense cluster of massive galaxies just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, each forming ...

pt. I. Ancient astronomy, from its origins to the end of the Middle Ages. The origins of astronomy -- Primitive astronomy in China, Chaldea and Egypt -- The cosmology of primitive peoples -- The ...

pt. I. Astronomy in art -- Monet and Turner, masters of sea and sky -- Vincent van Gogh and starry skies over France -- Edvard Munch : mysterious skies in Norway -- Yosemite moonrises and moonbows -- ...

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 ...

Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curiosity. This crossword quiz celebrates the minds who first charted the cosmos. When you purchase ...