It has not been easy for humanity to develop consistent theories about what happens in the sky. If there were no moon, it would have been more difficult. If the telescope had never…

Suppose that you live in South Carolina. Imagine that you go to bed, and in the morning, you awaken in Australia, and do no know that you have been transported to a location…

We know that the constellations are not true groups of stars but only appear that way from our solar systems. The stars within a constellation are at greatly varying distances. This article is…

We may never know exactly what the common people of ancient times believed about the stars. We can read the translations of the works of the scribes, but what about the shepherds, the…