Many cultures independently identified similar star patterns. Ancient constellations often held cultural or religious significance. Some star patterns aided navigation and timekeeping. The Milky ...

But in a controversial new study, researchers point to ancient cave paintings as proof that people who lived nearly 40,000 years ago already had this advanced knowledge of astronomy.

Despite the ancient Egyptians' advanced knowledge of astronomy, the role of the Milky Way in their culture remains a mystery.

Kids learned about astronomy, digital photography, ocean-ography, South American Indians and world mysteries, which includes some real-life mysteries such as Easter Island and some mysteries such ...

At a temple site, the remains of an ancient Egyptian astronomical observatory were uncovered. The discovery was made by the Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities ...

These are the best telescopes for kids, selected by the expert editors and observers at Astronomy Magazine.

An apparent record-breaking ancient astronomy "observatory," complete with a sundial, was uncovered recently during a temple dig in the old capital of lower Egypt. The mud-brick temple building ...

A new magazine, Astronomy for Kids, features a hundred pages of out-of-this-world information.

The ancient book was published before Galileo was born, making it one of the first astronomy texts published in the English language.

Boise State University is hosting Dr. Baptiste Chide Friday night to talk about his research related to the search for ancient life on Mars.

For him, Astronomy and Aerospace day is about sparking inspiration and it seems to be working. Many of the kids said they enjoyed learning about sciences.

An ancient and enigmatic stone circle in the Middle East may not be a prehistoric astronomical observatory after all, according to a new study of satellite images.