The Star Manual of Master Shi is an ancient Chinese star catalog now claimed by astronomers at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatories (NAO) to be the oldest surviving star catalog globally.

Chinese scientists analyzed astronomer Shi Shen’s record of the stars and found it to predate previously known Greek ...

Dozens and dozens of generations later, their descendants are now arguing over which civilization created the oldest known visual star catalog in the world. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of ...

Ancient Chinese astronomer Shi Shen’s star catalog, known as The Star Manual of Master Shi, is now considered the oldest star chart in the world. Later observations written into the catalog ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Dunhuang map (not the chart studied in the new research) is an early star map from China ...

Known as the “Star Manual of Master Shi,” the document is the oldest surviving star catalog in China. But now, scientists say the map dates to the fourth century B.C.E.—some 250 years ...

F. Carpenter of the University of Arizona. The littlest star (Catalog No. L 886-6) is hot (15,000° to 20,000° F.), and it shines with a white light. But it is only 2,500 miles in diameter ...

Named for late astronomer Arlo Landolt, who created a renowned star catalog, the satellite will then spend its inaugural year in space moving at the same speed as Earth's rotation, keeping it ...