Hubble’s findings are helping us understand how our universe has come to be the way it is...
Astronomy
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...
Studies on ancient Chinese science suggest that up till the 14th century CE it was much more...
During the 17th century, as knowledge of the Universe and its contents increased, so did speculation about...
How artists and scientists around the world once made sense of the night sky. While we all...
A brief tour of some of the astronomical ideas and models from ancient Greece. Introduction As the...
China continues to be active in astronomy, with many observatories and its own space program. Introduction Astronomy...
His work marked the starting point of modern astronomy and cosmology. Introduction Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473...
From sun dials to atomic clocks, we still don’t have a perfect time measuring device. The time...
The blood moon myths are many and varied, but, at the end of the day, it’s just...
A fundamental decision that led to the successful lunar landings came largely as a result of one...
Exploring how British Library maps chart the evolution of man’s understanding of the earth and cosmos. Introduction...
Copernicus caused a revolution in contemporary knowledge by stating that science, not religion, explains how the universe...
Faith, science, and stargazing influenced everyday decisions in the Middle Ages. Introduction Humankind has always looked to...
The observation of the sky was of considerable importance to the Maya, Aztecs and other prehisanic peoles...
It is theoretically possible that habitable planets exist around pulsars – spinning neutron stars that emit short,...