The Historical Astronomy Division (HAD) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) has awarded its 2011 Donald E. Osterbrock Book Prize to Nathan Sivin for his landmark volume “Granting the Seasons: ...
In the eighteenth century, from opposite ends of the world, a debate raged between two scholars over a seemingly esoteric question: did Chinese history predate Judeo-Christian antiquity? Antoine ...
Dr. Donna Governor, assistant professor of teacher education; Dr. Yunjuan He, associate professor of Chinese; and Dr. Gregory Feiden, assistant professor of astronomy, are teaming up for the UNG ...
Before you even enter the new Shanghai Astronomy Museum, you feel like you have entered the realm of space. Overhead view of the Ennead Architects-designed Shanghai Astronomy Museum. Bird's eye view ...
High in the mountains of Argentina, beneath some of the clearest night skies on Earth, a massive Chinese-built radio telescope now sits unfinished and silent. Its giant white antenna points toward ...