Ancient Greek star map revealed using x-rays | Science News
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Scientists used powerful X-rays to uncover a hidden star catalog from ancient Greece. The hidden star map dates back to the dawn of astronomy. #astronomy #ancientgreece #sciencenews 🎥🎙️ Adam Mann 🎨Archive Photos / Stringer / Artmim / EvgeniyShkolenko / Hulton Archive / Handout /photos.com/ Hulton Archive / wynnter / Christine_Kohler / Museum of the Bible. Photo by Early Manuscripts Electronic Library / Lazarus Project, University of Rochester; multispectral processing by Keith T. Knox; tracings by Emanuel Zingg. Read the full article: www.sciencenews.org/article/greek-star-catalog-hipparchus-astronomy Read more science news at www.sciencenews.org Sign up for our newsletter — a weekly roundup of the latest scientific breakthroughs, delivered every Thursday. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for evidence-based science reporting and explainers.
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