Starry paintings found on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs indicate that the sky goddess Nut was closely associated with ...

Near the center of the Milky Way are enormous filaments of radio energy that sometimes look like bones, and one in particular ...

Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way ...

In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced ...

An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

Magnetars are among the rarest—and weirdest—denizens of the galactic zoo. They have powerful magnetic fields and may be the ...

A rare Egyptian coffin image may show the Milky Way crossing the sky-goddess Nut, says a University of Portsmouth scientist.

Researchers have uncovered the earliest-known depiction of the Milky Way in coffin art depicting the Egyptian sky goddess Nut ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered Zhúlóng, the most distant known spiral galaxy, existing just ...

A new study reveals that ancient Egyptian coffins contain star maps matching the Milky Way, offering insight into their ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope for the largest and deepest sample of galaxy groups, some of which were up to ...

The first image of the whole Earth from space came in 1972, when astronauts Ron Evans or Harrison Schmitt took a photo from onboard Apollo 17 while headed to the Moon. This was the first time that an ...