Learn more about the Chankillo site, an ancient astronomical observatory that may offer new insights into how our ancestors ...

A Spanish telescope has detected a new comet for the first time in over 40 years, a rare scientific milestone confirmed by ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have identified the country’s first recorded astronomical observatory, which, according to experts, is the “first and largest” discovery of its kind, Live Science reported. The ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient Egyptian astronomical observatory at a temple site. The observatory, thought to date to the sixth century B.C., was built with mud bricks and is ...

The neural network approach uses multiple or “deep” layers that learn to identify increasingly complex features in data. The ...

The study of celestial objects ran throughout ancient Egyptian culture. Religious events were fixed by the movements of the sun and moon, star charts were carved into the lids of tombs, and the ...

June 22 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the home of the historic Prime Meridian that is considered by many to be the birthplace of modern astronomy. To celebrate, we're ...

This week’s news that archaeologists have discovered the long-lost city of Valeriana highlights one major part of Maya society: astronomical observatories. More than 6,000 structures unveiled ...

The Very Large Array, located in New Mexico, is part of facility of the National Science Foundation's National Radio Astronomy Observatory. (Bettymaya Foott, NRAO/AUI/NSF; available under Creative ...

The Lick Observatory said the astronomical research facility is still drying out the building 20 days since experiencing a ...

The Historic Astronomical Observatories of Ireland have been added to the World Heritage Tentative List for Ireland, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage announced on Friday, April ...