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At least 155 firefighters, assisted by 38 engines and water trucks, battled the flames in Crete's municipality of Lerapetra ...
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Galileo continued writing in conversational language for his landmark 1632 work, Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Jo Marchant is a freelance science writer based in London. A medieval parchment from a monastery in Egypt has yielded a surprising treasure. Hidden beneath Christian texts, scholars have ...