A medieval parchment from a monastery in Egypt has yielded a surprising treasure. Hidden beneath Christian texts, scholars have discovered what seems to be part of the long-lost star catalogue of ...

Sky-Gazing Medieval Monks Shed Light on Volcanic Mysteries. By observing the night sky, medieval monks accidentally recorded some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions.

By comparing their wound-back night sky to a separate medieval Latin manuscript called Aratus Latinus, long believed to contain a partial copy of Hipparchus' original catalog, the researchers ...

In a world-first discovery, researchers have shown that Australia's iconic Bogong moth uses constellations of stars and the ...

The world’s oldest map of the night sky was amazingly accurate. Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient ...

World's Oldest Known Map Of Night Sky Found Hidden In Medieval Parchment [Photo] By Urja Kalyani Published 10/20/22 AT 6:36 AM EDT.

About half of all New Zealanders can no longer see the Milky Way in winter due to light pollution from ever brighter cities ...

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from, including world-class observatories and six Dark Sky parks.

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The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.

March’s Night Sky Has a Haunting Orange 'Blood Moon,' Potential Auroras, and the First Lunar Eclipse Since 2022. We haven’t seen a lunar eclipse since November 2022 — here’s how to catch ...