History of Astronomy

By bobooo
  • 3000 BCE

    Stonehenge

    The main stones for Stonehenge are placed in position.
    http://bit.ly/2zd1OfJ
  • 585 BCE

    Thales predicts a solar eclipse

    Thales predicts a solar eclipse
    http://bit.ly/2wKGVXV
  • 467 BCE

    Anaxagoras explains a Solar eclipse

    Anaxagoras produced a correct explanation for solar eclipses as well as attempting to explain meteors and rainbows
    http://bit.ly/2gaAJ8q
  • 270 BCE

    Aristarchus of Samos proposes heliocentrism

    Aristarchus of Samos proposes heliocentrism, very few people took his work seriously.
    http://bit.ly/2ydp5jB
  • 164 BCE

    Halley's comet

    Halley’s Comet is sighted by Babylonian astronomers
    http://bit.ly/2yW3TMe
  • 400

    Hindu cosmological time line created

    The Hindu cosmological time cycles find the average year to be only about 1.4 seconds longer than the modern value
  • 600

    Galileo Telescope

    Galileo built the first telescope and used it to observe Jupiter
    http://bit.ly/2fZARE8
  • 830

    Arabic Work

    The first major Arabic work is released, Zij al-Sindh by al-Khwarizimi
    http://bit.ly/2kDl2Iq
  • 928

    Astrolabe

    The earliest surviving astrolabe is constructed, this allowed very accurate measurements of the stars and planets
    http://bit.ly/2kF554w
  • 1543

    Copernicus publishes his heliocentric theory of the Universe.

    http://bit.ly/2yWsTTt

  • New Evidence of water found on Mars

    http://bit.ly/2xuRL8P