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Birth of science: Particle accelerator decodes ancient Greek star map hidden in text

Ancient Greek astronomers made important observations regarding the night sky long before the first ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

The father of astronomy left us a star map, we just found it under 6 layers of ink

Long forgotten and hidden under layers of religious texts, the world’s earliest star catalog has just resurfaced. Scientists ...
Scientific American

Lost ancient Greek star catalog decoded by particle accelerator

Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Medieval Monks Wrote Over a Copy of an Ancient Star Catalog. Now, a Particle Accelerator is Revealing the Long-Lost Original Text

The parchments initially contained references to a star catalog and maps created during the second century B.C.E.
The Debrief

Hidden for Centuries, “Lost” Portions of a Mysterious Ancient Star Map Have Been Revealed Using X-Rays

SLAC National Accelerator Lab researchers have revealed hidden references to an ancient “star map” in a centuries-old document.
Greek Reporter

Ancient Greek Star Map Revealed by X-Rays on Erased Manuscript linked to Hipparchus

X-ray scans recover an ancient Greek star map beneath a medieval text, revealing Aquarius clues and Hipparchus-linked ...
Greek Reporter

Five Ancient Monuments That Are Astronomically Aligned

There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical purposes.