Mortal and fleeting, human life barely registers on the vast clock of the cosmos. Claudius Ptolemy believed Earth stood at the center of that universe, with the Moon, Sun, planets, and stars moving in ...

Space travel didn’t begin with rockets — it began with stargazing. From Ptolemaic astronomy to early Chinese rocketry, ancient thinkers laid the groundwork for humanity’s leap beyond Earth. This is ...

Albireo (Beta Cygni), situated in the constellation Cygnus, is highlighted as a distinguished double star system highly regarded by northern observers. The system consists of two components, Beta1 ...

Apple TV+ being a much smaller and more curated streaming platform than a rival like Netflix means that it doesn't have as many of the problems of the latter — such as, for example, a large glut of ...

Equuleus, also known as the Foal, is a small and faint constellation located southwest of Pegasus. Unlike many constellations, Equuleus lacks bright stars, nearby stars, prominent meteor showers, or ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from The Almagest Anomalies The Almagest Anomalies is a short Anomaly Finding game inspired by the Japanese game Exit 8. Find an Anomaly, go back the way you ...

The night sky in July a phenomenon that reminds skywatchers how remarkable it is just to be alive and to experience such wonders. As impressive as winter’s constellations are, they don’t hold a candle ...

Ancient Greek astronomers likely observed Uranus as a star, but limited tools and geocentric views kept them from recognizing it as a planet. Credit: NASA/JPL / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain While ...

I.—APPARENT MAGNITUDES: (a) VISUAL.THE magnitude of a star, as determined by direct astronomical observation, is a measure of its apparent brightness on a scale which has been precisely defined only ...