What can today's scientists learn about astronomical phenomena from ancient texts?

Learn more about two of the earliest reports of a total solar eclipse and corona, which were recorded in China, and solve several mysteries about our ancient Solar System.

Researchers reveal 2,700-year-old records from ancient China that offer new insights into Earth's rotation and solar activity, confirming early descriptions of a solar eclipse and the Sun's corona.

The Greek astronomer Hipparchus, who lived around 120 BCE, usually gets credit for discovering the equinoxes and their relationship to the zodiac constellations. But in a controversial new study, ...

Researchers in Peru uncovered an ancient structure older than the Chankillo Solar Observatory, reshaping views on early ...

An astrophysicist has shed new light on how the ancient Egyptians viewed our galaxy thousands of years ago. In an "exciting" study published in the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage Or ...

When you think about archaeology, space technology probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But from satellites to ...

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 ...

Imagine going back thousands of years and showing off the cool astronomical functions of your smartphone. It can tell the date and time with incredible accuracy. It can pinpoint your location. It can ...

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 ...

Galaxies like our Milky Way grew through cascading mergers of smaller galaxies that began billions of years ago. The ancient ...