An ancient book on astronomy from the 1500s sold for more than £10,000 ($12,200), as a "private international buyer" triumphed over intense competition at a U.K. auction. The Castle of Knowledge by ...

Across thousands of years and multiple civilizations, humanity has always looked upward in moments of uncertainty. From Babylon to China, from the Maya cities of Central America to the observatories ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Long before anyone could download a stargazing app or buy a telescope from a department store, ancient ...

An astrophysicist has shed new light on how the ancient Egyptians viewed our galaxy thousands of years ago. In an "exciting" study published in the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage Or ...

An ancient and enigmatic stone circle in the Middle East may not be a prehistoric astronomical observatory after all, according to a new study of satellite images. But some of the criticisms may be ...

Before modern science had a true understanding of what a solar eclipse is and how they work, ancient cultures had to form their own beliefs over what happened during this brief, but awesome, event.