History is often taught as if astronomy followed a single European arc—from Greek philosophy to Renaissance telescopes to modern science—while Africa appears absent or myth-bound. This series, “When ...

Since humankind has existed, so too has their fascination with the stars. Long before ancient people used the stars and planets to help them track the best harvesting times, the night sky provided a ...

New Delhi: Aiming to revive the traditional culture of ‘observational astronomy’, the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) division of the Union Ministry of Education has invited school students, ...

Alfred University is home to the Stull Observatory and its seven independent telescopes, but relatively few students have chosen to take advantage of those resources in the form of a minor in ...