An international team led by ICREA researcher Mark Gieles, from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), has ...
When astronomer and astrologer Shi Shen gazed skyward thousands of years ago, he beheld what must have looked like another realm glittering in the heavens. Constellations were seen by the ancient ...
Ancient Chinese astronomer Shi Shen’s star catalog, known as The Star Manual of Master Shi, is now considered the oldest star chart in the world. Later observations written into the catalog showed ...