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 ...

Imagining familiar images in the sky has always been an easy way to track the annual progress of the stars. Around the second century C.E., the Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy listed 48 “official” ...

Just like there are 50 U.S. states, each with well-defined boundaries, 88 bounded constellations dot the celestial sphere. Of these about 55 of them are visible from mid-northern latitudes and 59 from ...

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Once you know how to use a star map, finding your way around the night sky is easy. Credit: Creators.com illustration I’ve been finding my way around the night sky with a star map for more than six ...

Dive into the mesmerizing world of constellations with our latest video! Dive into the mesmerizing world of constellations with our latest video! Since prehistoric times, people have used ...

A new study suggests the disk was made to accurately represent the brightest stars at least 2,400 years ago, possibly as an aid for planting crops. But other experts are not convinced. When you ...

In the heart of a forest in the Rhodope Mountains in southern Bulgaria, an engraved rock has been intriguing archaeologists ...