"JADES-ID1 is giving us new evidence that the universe was in a huge hurry to grow up." ...

Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has once again redefined the boundaries of cosmic observation. A recent study published via NASA Science confirmed the detection of galaxy MoM-z14, an unexpectedly ...

X-ray scans recover an ancient Greek star map beneath a medieval text, revealing Aquarius clues and Hipparchus-linked ...

History is often taught as if astronomy followed a single European arc—from Greek philosophy to Renaissance telescopes to modern science—while Africa appears absent or myth-bound. This series, “When ...

As gas falls toward a black hole, it heats up and shines. If the glow becomes intense enough, it can push incoming gas away. Astronomers call this balancing point the Eddington limit, and for decades ...

The big picture: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently managed to capture imagery of the oldest and farthest known supernova explosion – an event that occurred when the universe was just 730 ...

There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical purposes.

Think ancient civilizations were primitive? The evidence suggests otherwise.From computers that tracked celestial events to ...