The astronomical records of imperial China are some of the most comprehensive archives in the history of science, spanning ...

Ancient Chinese astronomers were careful in how they described celestial phenomena when reporting to the emperor. To ensure ...

Identifying ancient Chinese astronomical events represents a fascinating aspect of modern astrophysics. Chinese astronomers ...

Shi’s Star Catalog has been notoriously difficult to date, but new research suggests astronomers drafted it centuries before its Western counterpart.

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

Thousands of years ago, Chinese astronomers used an ancient record of constellations and their coordinates to study the sky.

Ancient Chinese astronomer Shi Shen’s star catalog, known as The Star Manual of Master Shi, is now considered the oldest star ...

A new preprint suggests that an ancient Chinese star catalog dates to 355 B.C.E. But other researchers aren't convinced, ...

The Star Manual of Master Shi is an ancient Chinese star catalog now claimed by astronomers at the Chinese National ...

For more than two thousand years, people have mapped the stars. But a new study claims one of the world’s oldest surviving ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] A batch of ancient Chinese silk manuscript fragments, believed to be older than the Dead Sea Scrolls, are returning to China after a handover ceremony at the US ...

Cultural And Historical Context Of Ancient Chinese Astronomy Claims about the oldest star chart carry significant cultural weight, particularly in the context of global scientific history. The Chinese ...