The oldest representation of the night sky and our Milky Way galaxy was found in an Egyptian sarcophagus, revealing ancient ...

What's at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy and what would be different if Earth was positioned there?

Traces of drug use go back to ancient times with research showing that the Greeks and Romans used and sometimes abused ...

What is the latest archaeological discovery in Egypt? Learn more about the three new tombs of prominent statesmen from ...

Most visitors never experience the natural masterpieces that lie off the tourist trail—from bubbling hot springs to unearthly ...

Scientists observed a rare cosmic duel between two galaxies, where one emits powerful radiation damaging the other. This ...

The owner of an Ancient Egyptian tomb has finally been identified more than 50 years after being discovered by archaeologists ...

A group of experts has found several images of an ancient Egyptian civilization in which there are representations of the Milky Way. They were found in coffins more than 5,000 years old ...

Depictions on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs suggest a link between the sky goddess Nut and the Milky Way. A recent study led by an astronomer sheds new light on this connection. Depiction of the ...

An Associate Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth in the UK, Or Graur, discovered what is believed to be the oldest known depiction of the Milky Way in ancient Egyptian art.

This depiction is thought to illustrate the Great Rift, a band of dust and gas that appears to split the Milky Way in two. While this is the clearest known evidence for the ancient Egyptians ...