Long before smartphones compressed clocks, maps, calendars, and calculators into a pocket-sized screen, another device ...

Big news from the world of auctions, where what might well be the single largest astrolabe on Earth is up for sale. And what, ...

The University of Sharjah hosted an astrolabe workshop in which western scientists showed participants how an astronomical instrument made by an ancient Muslim scholar nearly 1,000 years ago measured ...

In the early 17th century, during the Golden Age of the Mughal Empire, two engineering brothers in present-day Pakistan ...

Sometimes a little modern technology can help turn up an ancient treasure — even if that technology is nothing more than a computer screen and a simple web search. That's what happened to Federica ...

Astrolabe, an ancient astronomical tool, helped measure time, direction, and stars. Discover its meaning, origin, and role in ...

Lost & Found This 1,000-Year-Old Smartphone Just Dialed In By Franz Lidz and Clara Vannucci For 2,000 years, celestial observers mapped the heavens with astonishingly precise instruments called ...

An 11th-century artifact sitting in an Italian museum has been identified as a scientific instrument inscribed with an incredible surprise: signs of use by Muslim, Hebrew and Christian users. Federica ...

The precious astrolabe was found languishing in a museum in the Italian city of Verona. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An ...

Besides ability to provide precise measurements of altitude, local time, and position of starts, al-Khujandi’s astrolabe is of astounding beauty. Credit: The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha: Marc ...