The positions of constellations on the Farnese Atlas, a Roman copy of a Greek celestial globe, were analyzed using photogrammetry. Analysis indicates the globe's ...

Fragments of a star catalog from the second century B.C. have turned up in a manuscript that had been erased and written over centuries later. A new analysis of the religious manuscript shows that the ...

The ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus catalogued the coordinates of the stars. Now, his efforts have finally been uncovered. This cross-fade montage shows a detail of the palimpsest under ordinary ...

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Researchers used multispectral imaging to reveal the hidden text (which is traced in yellow above). Courtesy of the Museum of the Bible Collection. All rights ...

The discovery has also revealed star coordinates, meaning Hipparchus was the first to use them for determining the positions of those stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The Greek astronomer Hipparchus is often called the "father of astronomy." He's credited with discovering the Earth's precession (how it wobbles on its axis) and calculating the motions of the Sun and ...

Researchers from the CNRS, Sorbonne Université and Tyndale House (affiliated with the University of Cambridge) have recently found fragments of the Star Catalogue composed by the Greek astronomer ...

The star catalog was made by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus around 162 and 127 BCE, 1,400 years before the telescope. By Laura Baisas Published Oct 20, 2022 1:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

Evidence points to the map being made by Hipparchus, the "father of scientific astronomy." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Jo Marchant is a freelance science writer based in London. A medieval parchment from a monastery in Egypt has yielded a surprising treasure. Hidden beneath Christian texts, scholars have discovered ...

Scholars discovered the oldest known star map beneath the text of a Christian manuscript, according to new study. The long-lost catalog was developed by Hipparchus sometime between 162 and 127 BC. The ...