Thousands of years ago, Chinese astronomers used an ancient record of constellations and their coordinates to study the sky.

Ancient Chinese astronomer Shi Shen’s star catalog, known as The Star Manual of Master Shi, is now considered the oldest star ...

Polaris has long guided travelers with its fixed spot in the night sky Earth's axis points to Polaris, making it a vital celestial compass Axial precession shifts Earth’s pole over a 26,000-year cycle ...

A new preprint suggests that an ancient Chinese star catalog dates to 355 B.C.E. But other researchers aren't convinced, ...

A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the sea ice on a ...

Robert Edwin Peary, called "one of the greatest of all explorers," claimed to have been the first person to reach the North Pole on April 6, 1909. But from the moment his achievement was announced ...

Under the spell of Hildegard: A new album reboots ancient music Barbara Hannigan is fearless in the face of new music. The Canadian soprano has sung the world premiere of over 100 new works ...

Richard Cooper has four victories in the Supertwin class at the North West 200 Richard Cooper has qualified on pole position for Saturday's two Supertwin races at the North West 200. KMR Kawasaki ...

Peter Hickman set a blistering final lap in Superbike qualifying Peter Hickman led an 8Ten Racing one-two as he beat team-mate Davey Todd in Superbike qualifying at the North West 200. Hickman ...

North Pole swore in its new police chief on Monday night, officially cementing a transfer from long-time chief Steve Dutra to Jed Smith. Dutra announced his retirement in February after more than ...

A giant impact crater on the moon may contain primordial pieces of the lunar mantle and remnants of an ancient magma ocean ... material has been spotted to the north. When Andrews-Hanna and his ...