Once you know how to use a star map, finding your way around the night sky is easy. Credit: Creators.com illustration I’ve been finding my way around the night sky with a star map for more than six ...

If you explore the night sky it won't be long before you realize there is a lot of dust and gas up there. The interstellar dust between the stars accounts for 1% of the mass of the interstellar medium ...

The recent find of a Pacific tablet etched with star maps dating back 5,000 years has captivated the attention of both archaeologists and astronomers. This ancient relic offers a potential glimpse ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Hipparchus was light-years ahead of his time. Around 2,150 years ago, the father of astronomy had not only figured out how equinoxes occur, invented ...