A team of astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has pioneered a new field called extragalactic archaeology. According to the new study published in the ...

A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have for the first time used galactic archaeology, the study of detailed chemical fingerprints in deep space, to ...

Extragalactic archaeology has come of age, with astronomers for the first time reconstructing the history of a spiral galaxy.

Astronomers have reconstructed the dynamic history of NGC 1365, a giant spiral galaxy, using a technique they call “extragalactic archaeology.” The research, led by scientists at the Center for ...

By reading the chemical “fingerprints” of a distant galaxy, astronomers reconstructed its 12-billion-year evolution. This new ...

The research, led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian, shows how researchers can study the past of ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the full history of a galaxy outside the Milky Way using chemical clues. By analyzing oxygen across NGC 1365 and comparing it with simulations, they ...

During the Achaemenid empire (550–330 BCE), the provinces, known as satrapies, produced material culture that showcased a multicultural style. The satrapies’ artistic production followed local ...

Collection appears to have been collected by Neil M. Judd of the Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, and contains material related to archaeological frauds and forgeries. Includes ...