Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An ancient book on astronomy from the 1500s sold for more than £10,000 ($12,200), as a "private international buyer" ...

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 ...

Peering into the past, we find that our ancestors held a surprisingly advanced understanding of the stars and constellations. Their knowledge, as revealed in ancient texts, often rivals our modern ...