Ancient Greek astronomers likely observed Uranus as a star, but limited tools and geocentric views kept them from recognizing ...

From the Greek words for "star" and "taker," the astrolabe was used from ancient times all the way up to the early modern period. A useful tool and fashion accessory rolled into one, the astrolabe ...

The star catalog was made by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus around ... published this week in the Journal for the History of Astronomy, astronomy historian James Evans calls the discovery ...

He and his team had previously found ancient poetry about astronomy beneath the main text ... Hipparchus was a Greek astronomer and mathematician who lived between about 190 and 120 B.C. Indirect ...

From Chaos to Cosmos, the Ancient Greeks observed the ways and workings of the Universe in writing dating back to 8th century BC. Nightlife explores astronomy through the lens of Ancient Greece.

Or that the rediscovery of Ancient Greek texts helped to power the scientific ... joined Suzanne Hill to talk about Ancient Greeks and astronomy.

But a new study claims one of the world’s oldest surviving star catalogs — the Star Manual of Master Shi — might be more ancient than we thought. It might rewrite the history of astronomy ...

He is particularly focused on archaeology and paleontology, although he has covered a wide variety of topics ranging from astronomy and ... at the site of an ancient Greek city.