Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we had discovered a strange ...

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Fordham University's William Spain Seismic Observatory has been measuring quakes since the 1920s. Beneath the Bronx, a century-old observatory monitors Earth’s movements - Gothamist Gothamist ...

This 2,500-year-old observatory, which dates back to the sixth century BC, was discovered in the ancient city of Buto — today an archeological site known as Tell Al-Faraeen near Kafr El-Sheikh.

Egyptologists have excavated a nearly 9,150-square-foot astronomical observatory in modern-day Tell el-Faraeen dating back to the sixth century BCE—the first and largest of its kind from that era.

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.

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient Egyptian astronomical observatory at a temple site. The observatory, thought to date to the sixth century B.C., was built with mud bricks ...

This first ancient Egyptian observatory discovered in modern times showcases advanced knowledge of astronomy and its profound link to the Egyptians' spiritual and ritualistic practices. When you ...

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Since the oldest observatory in California opened over 136 years ago, it’s been responsible for a number of groundbreaking discoveries, including that of Jupiter’s fifth moon in 1892 — the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Finds from a suspected ancient astronomical observatory (right) in the 6th century BCE ...

Ancient Greek astronomers were the first to gather knowledge about space exploration. Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos could ...