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A Feb. 22 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) claims a form of navigation that relies on celestial objects such as the sun, moon and stars proves the Earth is flat and stationary. "The Ancients ...
A new celestial navigation system designed for drones could make them harder to detect by eliminating the need for GPS signal emissions. Scientists from the University of South Australia have ...
For thousands of years, celestial navigation was only practiced by men in Polynesia. Now women are reclaiming traditions that are rightly theirs. © 2017 POLYNESIAN VOXAGIN ...
Each year, Bogong moths in Australia embark on a 620-mile journey to escape the summer heat by retreating to cool alpine caves. These nocturnal insects then return home to breed and die, completing a ...
Tucked away on the sixth floor of Butler Library lies an exploration of the past, present, and future of celestial navigation. “Celestial Navigation,” curated by Jeannie Rhyu, CC ’17, SoA ’26, opened ...
Several 5000-year-old temples in Malta seem to have been oriented towards specific stars, suggesting the temples could have been schools for celestial navigation. Ancient people constructed seven ...