Ancient Greek astronomers made important observations regarding the night sky long before the first ...

In a monastery library on the Sinai Peninsula, a devotional handbook by the monk John Climacus sat quietly for centuries ...

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

For decades, a fractured Ancient Greek clay wine cup sitting in a museum was considered typical of pottery featuring rows of exotic animals.

SLAC National Accelerator Lab researchers have revealed hidden references to an ancient “star map” in a centuries-old document.

The star catalog was made by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus around 162 and 127 BCE, 1,400 years before the telescope. By Laura Baisas Published Oct 20, 2022 1:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science ...