Over thousands of years, various cultures have developed calendars based on astronomical observations, leading to diverse ...

The best telescopes for beginners are a great place to start your astronomy journey. Get your new kit set up before Mars reaches opposition in January. The best telescopes for beginners are a ...

Astronomy and planetary science are the study of objects and phenomena that occur beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. This includes investigating stars and their interaction with each other and the ...

Connect your telescope with one of the best laptops for astronomy as you gaze at planets, the 'Cold Moon' and meteor showers this December. Plenty of astronomical events linger on the horizon as ...

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It’s back: Astronomy magazine’s free downloadable Sky Guide, your preview of everything happening in the sky next year. Mars opens 2025 by reaching opposition the night of Jan. 15/16 ...

Across the past century science has reached an understanding of the cosmos that is as profound as it is precise. Much remains unknown, such as the true nature of the dark matter that dominates ...

There are no preserved rulebooks – with the notable exception of the Royal Game of Ur from ancient Mesopotamia, whose long-lost rules were deciphered in 2007 from a cuneiform tablet in the ...

And we're just one galaxy within our entire Local Group! However, in the entire history of astronomy, we have found just a bare handful of candidate sky objects that might—maybe—prove to be ...

New research led by University of Glasgow has helped shed light on the origins of the earliest governing institutions in the world. Excavations conducted at the ancient site of Shakhi Kora in ...

These events present us with our first astronomy puzzle of the first Christmas: How could King Herod’s own advisors have been unaware of a star so bright and obvious that it could have led the wise ...