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 ...

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 ...

Peru's Ministry of Culture has confirmed a groundbreaking discovery that rewrites the history of ancient astronomy in the Americas. Archaeologists working at the Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex ...

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 ...

Ancient Mars may have received its wealth of water from a couple of major sources, new research suggests. Studying the content of Martian meteorites that arrived on Earth revealed different hydrogen ...

Researchers have discovered what is thought to be the first known map of the night sky, written over 2,000 years ago. The map was discovered by scholars studying Christian texts written on an old ...

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.

A near-total solar eclipse occurred on June 15, 763 BCE, over northern Assyria. The eclipse was recorded in Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, within the Eponym Canon, a chronicle inscribed on clay ...

New research, based on the analysis of martian meteorites, indicates that Mars largely ceased experiencing significant planetary impacts by approximately 4.2 billion years ago. Zircons within these ...

The Indian Knowledge System division is hosting competitions for students to recreate ancient astronomical instruments and produce educational videos on agriculture and mathematics. The Indian ...

American Indians some 2,000 years ago constructed this earthen wall in Oregonia to align perfectly with the sun on the shortest day of the year. Every December, on the shortest day of the year as fall ...