A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.

The existence and origin of fast radio bursts (FRBs) has been a hot topic in astronomy research in recent years ...

Two of the more than 6,000 Maya structures archaeologists recently discovered in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula include an ...

A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics marks a significant milestone in our understanding of the formation and ...

New research offers groundbreaking insights into the formation and dynamical evolution of globular clusters, showing multiple formation events and distinct motions within these ancient star ...

After centuries of effort by brilliant theorists, we’re left with a confusing mélange of unsatisfactory ...

Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

Their findings were published in Nature Astronomy and suggest a dirty ice crust ... These regions could provide valuable ...

Astronomers have spotted a black hole that dates back to just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, which is gobbling up matter at an astonishing rate. According to their calculations, the black hole ...

There is not a ton of evidence of what education looked like in ancient society, but we do know it existed - although not for ...