Who made the present-day official outlines of the 88 constellations and why do they contain so many zigzags?Caitlin ...

For countless years, humans have gazed up at the sky and made sense of the stars by finding shapes in them — constellations of heroes, animals, and well-worn tales. Now, to celebrate the 10th mission ...

Astronomers now recognize 88 constellations. They cover the sky with no overlaps and no gaps between them. This, however, is a fairly recent development. Prior to 1928, celestial mapmakers were free ...

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Peering into the past, we find that our ancestors held a surprisingly advanced understanding of the stars and constellations. Their knowledge, as revealed in ancient texts, often rivals our modern ...

The evening skies in March offer you a very obvious contrast between seasonal constellations. The many brilliant stars that make up winter constellations are in the western half of the sky, while the ...

Planet is building Pelican satellites to gather imagery with a resolution as high as 40 centimeters per pixel. Credit: Planet KIHEI, Hawaii — The Federal Communications Commission is requiring more ...

Growing swarms of spacecraft in orbit are outshining the stars, and scientists fear no one will do anything to stop it Telescope project managers are rewriting scheduling programs to avoid the new ...