The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mysterious ancient Greek astronomical computer.

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

5. Philosophy Exploring the Ancient Greek contribution to philosophy, maths, astronomy, medicine - and more. 6. Story, story, story A song referencing many of the best-known myths and stories of ...

Scientists have recreated the ancient night sky over Greece by using advanced astronomical software to accurately date lyric poet Sappho's 2,500-year-old 'Midnight Poem'. Sappho's 'Midnight Poem ...

What’s fascinating is that astrology and astronomy once walked hand in hand. In ancient civilizations—Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and even in the Middle Ages—astronomers were also astrologers.

Researchers believe they may have found a fragment of a long-lost star map compiled by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus ... Journal for the History of Astronomy on Tuesday, scholars ...