More than a thousand years ago, astronomers from the Maya civilization developed one of the most sophisticated time-keeping ...
New research reveals how Mayan astronomers built a precise eclipse prediction system using complex lunar mathematics.
A 13th-century manuscript sits under glass, its bark-paper pages filled with vivid glyphs and cryptic figures, in a quiet ...
Researchers decode the Dresden Codex eclipse table, revealing how Mayan daykeepers predicted solar eclipses before modern ...
The heiau, as it’s known in Hawaiian, was reconstructed in 2007 and dates to the early to mid 15th century, according to a Feb. 24 news release from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Researchers ...
A new study revealed how the ancient Maya used lunar and solar calendars to predict eclipses with remarkable accuracy.
Day 17 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: a gathering of ancient stars. The globular cluster NGC 2005, featured in this Hubble image, is located about 750 light-years from the heart of the ...