A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...
The Maya civilization possessed the remarkable ability to forecast solar eclipses with stunning accuracy for over 700 years, using nothing more than careful observation and mathematical genius. A ...
Astronomers have recently detected mysterious radio signals emanating from the ancient comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, capturing the ...
More than a thousand years ago, astronomers from the Maya civilization developed one of the most sophisticated time-keeping ...
James Webb Space telescope spots 'big red dot' in the ancient universe: A ravenous supermassive black hole named 'BiRD' ...
The researchers’ reconstruction shows that by mixing four resets at 358 months (the inex cycle) for every one at 223, the Maya could have maintained accuracy across generations, a mathematical ...
Astronomers may have found the universe’s first stars formed after the Big Bang, using JWST data and gravitational lensing.
Some of Earth's oldest rocks buried deep in Western Australia may hold new clues about the dramatic event that gave rise to ...
For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of stars, primordial relics of the early universe. And ...