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 ...

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 discovery of an 11th-century Islamic astrolabe in Verona, Italy, has captivated historians and scientists alike. With inscriptions in both Arabic and Hebrew, it’s not just a rare artifact ...

Besides ability to provide precise measurements of altitude, local time, and position of starts, al-Khujandi’s astrolabe is of astounding beauty. Credit: The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha: Marc ...

The identification of an eleventh-century Islamic astrolabe bearing both Arabic and Hebrew inscriptions makes it one of the oldest examples ever discovered and one of only a handful known in the ...

Besides ability to provide precise measurements of altitude, local time, and position of starts, al-Khujandi's astrolabe is of astounding beauty. Credit: The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A rare eleventh-century Islamic astrolabe has been discovered in the vaults of a museum in Verona, Italy. One of the oldest ...

Islamic astronomers improved the astrolabe which was a device that allowed travellers to find their way, a bit like a compass. People used the astrolabe to identify the position of the sun and ...

We don't know exactly who owned the Hebrew astrolabe in today's programme, but it tells us a great deal about how Jewish and Islamic scholars revitalised science and astronomy by developing the ...