Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way ...

The ancient Egyptians were astute astronomers. They often depicted the cosmos atop coffins. A new survey of such artwork ...

Tomb art suggests the sky goddess Nut from ancient Egypt might reveal the oldest depiction of our galaxy.

In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience ...

Did you know some of the brightest sources of light in the sky come from the regions around black holes in the centers of ...

The fascination with figuring out the part that the Milky Way may have played in the culture and religion of ancient Egypt ...

Telescopes provide closeup views of Jupiter and its four largest moons discovered by Galileo, and of Mars. Although Mars is ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

Northern Minnesota is home to some of the darkest and most pristine night skies in the United States. The Boundary Waters ...

In Arizona, a 2-year-old boy, Boden Allen, wandered into the desert and went missing ... lions near the path Boden had taken. Buford, a night-shift worker who guards cattle from predators on ...

But there’s still an unlikely place for a dark-sky ... the Milky Way still shines bright, sometimes with a telescope or astronomer on board or an open-air carriage for looking up at the night ...