More than a thousand years before the first telescopes, Babylonian astronomers tracked the motion of planets across the night sky using simple arithmetic.

From the mundane to the iconic, the physical to the symbolic, the striking presence of chairs in the history of science begs to be acknowledged and understood.

Journal for the History of Astronomy was founded in 1970 and is the only journal devoted to the history of astronomy from earliest times to the present, and to history in the service of astronomy.

Irish Astronomy's "Golden Age" and the world's largest telescope IrishCentral contributor Michael O’Shea in conversation explores the history of astronomy in Ireland dating from the 18th century ...

Back to Article List This week in astronomy history: The announcement of the first pulsar 50 years ago, a paper published in Nature transformed our understanding of stellar evolution.

The amount of information it contains is staggering — more than what most people need on every aspect of astronomy. Other astronomical almanacs are more useful to amateurs.

Nestled in the rolling green hills of the English countryside is an important site in global astronomical history. But now, with its future uncertain, this historic site is at risk.

The history of astronomy suggests that if the goal is to achieve true gender equality in the field, then men, as well as women, have to understand how sex and gender structure their work.