Ancient Greek astronomers likely observed Uranus as a star, but limited tools and geocentric views kept them from recognizing ...

The star catalog was made by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus around ... published this week in the Journal for the History of Astronomy, astronomy historian James Evans calls the discovery ...

“It is no exaggeration to say that astronomy has existed as an exact ... The word “cosmos” comes from ancient Greece, where it signified not simply the universe, but the universe as a ...

In fact, according to the University of Oregon, astronomy can be considered the first science as it's the one for which the oldest written records exist. Ancient Greeks elevated sky-watching to a ...

In ancient Greece, the name Pleiades refers to the seven daughters of Atlas, the Titan god. In Indian myths, the seven stars represent important sages. Regardless of the interpretation ...

Dr Chris Matthews is a lecturer in Ancient History at Australian Catholic University and joined Suzanne Hill to talk about Ancient Greeks and astronomy.