A rare 16th-century scientific instrument used by early astronomers that has been missing from a Swedish museum for around a decade has been recovered and will be returned this week, the London-based ...

There’s something enchanting about ancient tools and instruments. The idea that our forebears were able to fashion precision mechanisms with nothing but the simplest hand tools is fascinating. And ...

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 ...

The Warwick Manufacturing Group, an academic department at the University of Warwick, is usually concerned with the future. Its researchers use high-resolution lasers and 3D visualizations to create ...

Using scissors, cut out the astrolabe silhouette (heavy black lines) on this sheet. Tape this silhouette onto your manila folder sheet and cut out this figure. Make a tiny hole at the index point ...

Astrolabes were astronomical calculating devices that did everything from tell the time to map the stars. This 16th century planispherical astrolabe stems from Morocco. Rama / Wikimedia Commons ...

A mariner’s astrolabe recovered from the wreck of one of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama’s ships is now officially the oldest known such artifact, according to a new paper in the International ...

This astrolabe was made in the Persian city of Isfahan in about 1715. Isfahan is now in Iran. The object includes a body with throne, a handle that holds a ring for suspending the device, and five ...

Today's word of the day is Astrolabe is a word rooted in science and wonder, carrying with it centuries of human curiosity about the sky, stars, and our place in the universe. In museums and old ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A rare navigational tool has snagged a Guinness World Record as the oldest mariner's astrolabe.