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Archaeologists Discovered The Remains Of A Large 2,500-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Astronomical Observatory Used To Track The Movement Of The Sun And The Stars
According to Ayman Ashmawy, the head of the SCA's Egyptian antiquities division, it is the largest known astronomical observatory from the sixth century B.C. in the country. It takes up a total ...
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Where the ancients studied the moon and stars
The site, at an altitude of more than 1,000m and with a 100m diameter, is described as the "Macedonian Stonehenge" and is ranked by NASA as the fourth oldest ancient observatory in the world ...
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Beijing Ancient Observatory
Beijing Ancient Observatory is located in the southwest side of Jianguomen crossroad at Dongcheng District. It is a special topic site museum of nature science displaying Chinese ancient ...
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A fancy new telescope is heading to space: Here’s what SPHEREx will do
The observatory is capable of pinpointing the location and number of these icy compounds in our galaxy, giving researchers a better sense of their abundance. SPHEREx is set to launch at 10:09 p.m ...