It's the cosmic equivalent of a forensic cold case, spanning more than two millennia: did an ancient Chinese star map ...

Archaeologists have recently made a groundbreaking discovery: a stone carving that appears to be an ancient map of the stars. This finding, which dates back thousands of years, provides invaluable ...

A new study suggests the disk was made to accurately represent the brightest stars at least 2,400 years ago, possibly as an aid for planting crops. But other experts are not convinced. When you ...

An ancient and detailed map of the night sky was discovered in Italy, researcher said. Figure from the journal Astronomical Notes Researchers recently discovered a detailed map of the night sky that ...

When you look up at the night sky, what do you see? A map that was recently discovered in Italy provides a glimpse at what people thousands of years ago might have seen. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: ...

Researchers using the Gaia space telescope studied some ancient stars near the sun, revealing that our corner of the Milky Way may be billions of years older than once thought. When you purchase ...

A group of ancient stars have been spotted near our sun, hinting to astronomers that our galaxy is billions of years older than we first thought. Most of the more than 100 bilion stars in the Milky ...

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Spring means it’s time to look up into our night sky and find one of the oldest objects in our galaxy: the M3 Cluster. NASA and other sky experts call this group of ancient stars “a truly distant ...