Nature

History of Physics and Astronomy articles from across Nature Portfolio

The Universe between recombination (redshift z ≈ 1,000 or 400,000 years after the Big Bang) and the later formation of the first generation of stars at z≈ 30 to 12 (~100 to 300 million years after the ...
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A history of astronomy from Thales to Kepler formerly titled History of the planetary systems from Thales to Kepler; rev. with a foreword by W. H. Stahl

The earliest cosmological ideas -- The early Greek philosophers -- The Pythagorean school -- Plato -- The homocentric spheres of Eudoxus -- Aristotle -- Herakleides and Aristarchus -- The theory of ...
IrishCentral

Irish Astronomy's "Golden Age" and the world's largest telescope

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 and ...
Science Friday

The World According To Sound: A Sonic History Of Astronomy

Looking into space can be pretty daunting. How do we make sense of the vast expanse above our heads, the millions of stars we might be able to see, and the billions more we can’t? This new series ...
The Conversation

SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life

The planetary radar, built in 1960 in Crimea, from which the Morse signal ‘MIR, Lenin, USSR’ was sent in November 1962. National Radio Astronomy Observatory Archive As humans began to explore outer ...
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Celestial sleuth : using astronomy to solve mysteries in art, history and literature / Donald W. Olson

pt. I. Astronomy in art -- Monet and Turner, masters of sea and sky -- Vincent van Gogh and starry skies over France -- Edvard Munch : mysterious skies in Norway -- Yosemite moonrises and moonbows -- ...