Astronomy History Archives | Search Articles | Astronomy Trek https://www.astronomytrek.com/astronomy-history/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:25:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Flat-Earthers: What Do They Believe? https://www.astronomytrek.com/why-do-some-people-believe-in-a-flat-earth/ https://www.astronomytrek.com/why-do-some-people-believe-in-a-flat-earth/#respond Sat, 05 Jan 2019 15:21:41 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=12581 The image above shows a view of Earth as most, if not all members of the Flat Earth Society believe it to be. In this view, Earth is a flat disc on which the continents ...

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]]> https://www.astronomytrek.com/why-do-some-people-believe-in-a-flat-earth/feed/ 0 Top Astronomical Discoveries Made by Radio Telescopes https://www.astronomytrek.com/top-astronomical-discoveries-made-by-radio-telescopes/ https://www.astronomytrek.com/top-astronomical-discoveries-made-by-radio-telescopes/#respond Wed, 07 Nov 2018 15:24:10 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=12835 Aside from sending out expeditions, space exploration is made possible with the use of certain instruments; more specifically – telescopes. However, astronomers do not solely rely on optical telescopes to observe space. Some really distant ...

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]]> https://www.astronomytrek.com/top-astronomical-discoveries-made-by-radio-telescopes/feed/ 0 SN 1006: The Brightest Supernova in Recorded History https://www.astronomytrek.com/news/sn-1006-the-brightest-supernova-in-recorded-history/ Wed, 23 May 2018 08:42:10 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=12657 The image above shows the extent of the supernova remnant designated SN 1006. In this X-ray image taken with the Chandra space telescope, multi-million-degree gas is shown as red and green, while extremely high-energy electrons ...

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]]> The Great Leonids Meteor Storm of 1833 https://www.astronomytrek.com/the-great-leonids-meteor-storm-of-1833/ Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:27:47 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=12594 The image above shows a depiction of the Great Leonids Meteor Storm that occurred on November 13th, 1833 in which more than 72,000 meteors per hour fell to Earth, and which according to one observer ...

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]]> Was Stonehenge an Ancient Observatory? https://www.astronomytrek.com/was-stonehenge-an-ancient-observatory/ https://www.astronomytrek.com/was-stonehenge-an-ancient-observatory/#respond Sat, 10 Mar 2018 13:03:56 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=12529 Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, is just one component of a complex of prehistoric monuments that is covered by the UNESCO World Heritage program, and also includes the village of Avebury and its associated sites. However, ...

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]]> https://www.astronomytrek.com/was-stonehenge-an-ancient-observatory/feed/ 0 Is the Goseck Circle an Ancient Solar Observatory? https://www.astronomytrek.com/is-the-goseck-circle-an-ancient-solar-observatory/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:16:47 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=12513 Many questions about ancient civilizations remain unanswered, but perhaps the most perplexing of these questions are these: how well did the ancients understand the world they lived in, and how did they express that understanding, ...

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]]> Is the Ach Valley Tusk-fragment an Ancient Star Map? https://www.astronomytrek.com/is-the-ach-valley-tusk-fragment-an-ancient-star-map/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:19:34 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=12507 It is said that not everything that glitters is gold, but does this also apply to figurines carved into mammoth ivory fragments during the Ice Age? The Ach Valley tusk fragment that bears the image ...

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]]> 10 Most Influential Optical Telescopes in Astronomy https://www.astronomytrek.com/top-10-influential-optical-telescopes-in-astronomy/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 17:28:26 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=12080 With each successive generation of telescopes, more about the wonders and complexities of the Universe are revealed than could ever have been imagined. It is therefore natural to ask who invented the telescope? Nevertheless, the ...

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]]> 10 Top Astronomers from the Ancient World https://www.astronomytrek.com/10-top-astronomers-from-the-ancient-world/ Sun, 14 May 2017 10:10:14 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=10732 From the western historical perspective, it is sometimes easy to focus on the astronomical works of early Greek astronomers too tightly, while overlooking the worthy contributions made by earlier philosophers from other cultures that have ...

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]]> Orion Constellation Myths of Sumer, Babylon and Egypt https://www.astronomytrek.com/orion-constellation-myths-of-sumer-babylon-and-egypt/ Tue, 28 Mar 2017 18:08:22 +0000 http://www.astronomytrek.com/?p=10321 Orion is perhaps the most recognizable of all constellations and contains two of the night sky’s brightest stars, Rigel and Betelgeuse. The Orion constellation also straddles the celestial equator, meaning that it can be seen ...

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