Observations of the sky recorded thousands of years ago continue to play a remarkable role in modern science, demonstrating that careful human observation has long-lasting value. One particularly ...

Researchers have discovered new insights into the earliest datable solar eclipse and published it in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The eclipse in question supposedly occurred in the 8th century ...

While the 709 BCE event represents the earliest explicit written mention of a total solar eclipse and possibly the earliest surviving description that refers to a solar corona, Hayakawa and his ...