Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences, dating back to antiquity and the beliefs and practices...
Astronomy
From the Big Bang to dark energy, knowledge of the cosmos has sped up in the past...
Research on exoplanets could help us estimate how many intelligent alien civilizations may be in our galaxy....
Newly discovered super-Earths add to the list of planets around other stars that offer the best chance...
Many believed that celestial bodies exert a strong influence on elements and bodies in the sub-lunar world....
It was thanks to her engineering and programming expertise that Apollo 11 was able to land on...
The era used for the calendar since the Middle Ages is Anno Mundi (from the creation of...
Powerful nations are defining the rules of resource use in space in ways that make it hard...
Julius Caesar sought to create a calendar that remained aligned to the sun without any human intervention....
There’s a lot of technological progress required before off-Earth mining operations can be considered feasible. Introduction Like...
The deity Itzamna was frequently credited with bringing the knowledge of the calendrical system to the ancestral...
In the 5th century B.C., Empedocles and Anaxagoras offered arguments for the spherical nature of the Earth....
There’s a lot to look forward to in 2022. Introduction Space travel is all about momentum. Rockets turn...
Searching for life on distant planets, understanding the formation of galaxies, and solving deep mysteries of physics....
Hubble’s findings are helping us understand how our universe has come to be the way it is...
Nations with similar interests collaborate with one another while competing with other space blocs. Introduction Even during times...
By the 8th century BCE, Homer and Hesiod were writing about planetary influences. Introduction Ancient Greek astronomy was the...
Pre-Socratic Philosophers in ancient Greece advanced a non-theistic view of the universe. Introduction Aristarchus of Samos (l. c....
Anton Pannekoek was a Dutch astronomer whose politics informed his human approach to studying the cosmos. This...
The crowded night sky is posing problems for astronomers and astronauts. Introduction It seems like every week,...
Scientists have a good estimate on the staggering number of stars in the universe. Introduction Look up...
Gravity, mass, and centrifugal force all contribute to the final shape of a planet. The ancient Greeks proved over...
There is a place that we can go to learn more about the past of our own...
Billions of galaxies are in the universe, with billions of stars in every galaxy with planets around...
The Sun produces energy through core thermonuclear fusion reactions which converts hydrogen into helium – for now....
Astronomers know a lot about what’s in outer space – and think it’s possible it never ends....
The missions will use radar and a probe to learn about Earth’s hard-to-study and potentially prophetic neighbor....
Researchers just released data on more than 500 new bursts, quadrupling the total number of detected events....
“As these people would view the heavens … there was an order of things up there.“ Curated/Reviewed...
With all their inventions and discoveries, it seems like the world connived to shape the astronomy of...