India will celebrate the second National Space Day on August 23, 2025, a date that marks a turning point in the nation’s ...

The ancient book was published before Galileo was born, making it one of the first astronomy texts published in the English language.

What do we actually know about how people of the past understood the sky and developed a cosmology? When it comes to studying ancient astronomy, we must be careful not to assume too much.

Initially a cosmic curiosity, the night sky was eventually decoded by ancient peoples, making astronomy one of (if not the) oldest science.

Despite the ancient Egyptians' advanced knowledge of astronomy, the role of the Milky Way in their culture remains a mystery.

An Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculation Machine Reveals New Secrets Scientists have a new understanding of the mysterious Antikythera mechanism that challenges assumptions about ancient technology ...

An apparent record-breaking ancient astronomy "observatory," complete with a sundial, was uncovered recently during a temple dig in the old capital of lower Egypt. The mud-brick temple building ...

An ancient astronomy calculator appears to show the four-year cycle of the early Greek competitions that inspired today's Olympic Games.

Was Stonehenge an ancient solar calendar, as a 2022 study claimed? Not at all, says a new study by two scientists who specialize in ancient astronomy.