Mars, being visible to the naked eye was known to the ancient civilizations. The Babylonians named it “Nergal” or the star of the death. The Egyptians called it ‘Her decher’… Read more »

The constellation Pisces is found in the area of the sky called the sea. Most probably it was also discovered first by the Babylonians but the first written accounts come… Read more »

Pegasus is one of the 88 modern constellations and it also figures among the 48 constellations listed by Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy. Before him, the ancient civilizations like the Greeks… Read more »

Officially the credit for discovering the constellation, Gemini, is generally given to famous astronomer William Hershey who is said to have discovered it in 1798 but at the same time… Read more »

Because of the long time that has elapsed after the discovery of the Aries constellation, it is difficult to give the credit to one man but it is known that… Read more »

It can be said that the constellations were discovered by ancient humans, particularly the Taurus constellation which was visible to naked eye due to its brightness. Taurus, Latin for Bull,… Read more »

Milky Way, a vast collection of stars of our home galaxy is visible on a clear night sky. As it is visible to the naked eye, it must have been… Read more »

Saturn has always been visible to ancient humans hence it is difficult to name the person who discovered it. It was Galileo who took a look at the Saturn with… Read more »

Venus, with almost the same size as that of the Earth, is visible through naked eye. Man has been seeing it since time immemorial but the ancients believed it two… Read more »