In January, while examining ancient texts at Italy’s National Central Library of Florence, historian Ivan Malara found an unexpected set of handwritten notes. He was reviewing a 1551 printed edition ...

Claude-Louis Mathieu, born in Macon, France, in 1783, demonstrated an early aptitude for mathematics, overcoming familial and financial obstacles to graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique in 1805. His ...

Astronomer Vera Rubin, now honored on a U.S. quarter, transformed our understanding of the universe by uncovering powerful evidence of dark matter. Her groundbreaking work revealed that most of the ...

King Alfonso X "the Wise" (b. 1221) was a noted scholar who pioneered the translation of Arabic and Andalusian astronomical works into vernacular Castilian. His multicultural court was active in ...

pt. I. Ancient astronomy, from its origins to the end of the Middle Ages. The origins of astronomy -- Primitive astronomy in China, Chaldea and Egypt -- The cosmology of primitive peoples -- The ...

The Star Manual of Master Shi is an ancient Chinese star catalog now claimed by astronomers at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatories (NAO) to be the oldest surviving star catalog globally.

pt. I. Astronomy in art -- Monet and Turner, masters of sea and sky -- Vincent van Gogh and starry skies over France -- Edvard Munch : mysterious skies in Norway -- Yosemite moonrises and moonbows -- ...

Few presidents have been as intelligent and eclectically versed as John Quincy Adams. One of his favorite endeavors was viewing celestial objects and events in space. While European countries ...

Women and ethnic minority groups are still significantly underrepresented in astronomy and geophysics despite attempts to bring about change over the past decade, research has shown.

In all of Montana, Helena boasts the richest and longest astronomy history. Hosting Montana's oldest observatory on the Carroll College campus and the oldest continually operating astronomy club, ...