Both astronomy and astrology were born of human fascination with the stars. Despite their common origins, however, the two ...

The book begins by telling the story of astronomy, from ancient constellations and star names to the modern coordinate system. Further chapters explain magnitudes, distances, star motions and the ...

In winter, the Milky Way stretches across the southern sky revealing an ancient indigenous constellation called the Emu in the Sky and Scorpius the scorpion. The summer sky is dominated by Orion ...