An unusual member of the ensemble is Scorpius the Scorpion, which stung Orion to death and was placed in the sky such that ...
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 ...
The oldest star chart in the world was made in China more than 2,300 years ago, a hotly debated preprint study finds. Researchers at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatories analyzed the "Star ...
Located almost exactly halfway between the bright Virgo star Spica and Antares, the “heart star” of the constellation of Scorpius in this month’s Colorado Sky is a somewhat inconspicuous constellation ...