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Medieval monks hid a lost star map and scientists are decoding it now
In a monastery library on the Sinai Peninsula, a devotional handbook by the monk John Climacus sat quietly for centuries ...
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Scientists Deciphered Humanity’s Earliest Star Map. It Had Literally Been Erased From History.
Researchers using a synchrotron at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have been able to recover pieces of the ...
Using powerful X-rays, researchers at SLAC are trying to recover erased traces of a 2,000-year-old star catalog that could ...
We connected with Florian Winkler to learn how he created such an elegant and informative map that invites exploration.
X-ray scans recover an ancient Greek star map beneath a medieval text, revealing Aquarius clues and Hipparchus-linked ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Artist impression of ESA's Gaia satellite observing the Milky Way. The background image of the ...
Once you know how to use a star map, finding your way around the night sky is easy. Credit: Creators.com illustration I’ve been finding my way around the night sky with a star map for more than six ...
If you explore the night sky it won't be long before you realize there is a lot of dust and gas up there. The interstellar dust between the stars accounts for 1% of the mass of the interstellar medium ...
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