Moreover, it illustrates the complexities involved in interpreting astronomical data from a time when observational ... Claims about the oldest star chart carry significant cultural weight ...

A new preprint suggests that an ancient Chinese star catalog dates to 355 B.C.E. But other researchers aren't convinced, ...

Researchers have reanalyzed the long-perplexing “Star Manual of Master Shi” and discovered that it could rightfully be considered the oldest, structured celestial map in the world. Utilizing ...

THIS chart and the text appearing with it constitute ... A description of the star map, the purpose of which is astrological rather than astronomical, is given on pp. 8–10.

In a leap forward for astronomy, a researcher has developed an artificial intelligence algorithm and discovered more than one million objects in space by parsing through understudied data from a ...

Each student will be trained to use our 2.3 meter telescope and to analyze both ground- and space-based astronomical data. Frequent seminars will cover recent breakthroughs in astronomy, computational ...