It’s the summer Milky Way time. This summer, on a clear night, find a dark site away from city lights. Wait 20 minutes for your eyes to adjust to the dark. Look towards the south and see if you ...

Milky Way’s Great Rift Identified In 5,000-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Coffin Drawings. Story by Benjamin Taub • 1h. D epictions of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess found on tombs and coffins ...

A ghostly white river is coursing over the continent this month. It isn’t fog, and it isn’t cloud. It’s the packed heart of ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds.. This is the ...

Grauer was convinced that this line was meant to represent the Great Rift—a visible band of dust and gas that appears to bisect the Milky Way’s vast expanse of diffuse light.

This prominent Milky Way feature extends southward from the constellation of Cygnus all the way to the southern horizon. Interestingly, the westernmost branch of the Great Rift stops abruptly just ...

A recent study on ancient Egyptian imagery suggests rare drawings of the sky goddess Nut represent the earliest visualization of the Milky Way galaxy's Great Rift.

This curve, surrounded by stars on both sides, is reminiscent of the Milky Way’s Great Rift. Credit: Mykola Tarasenko / Odessa Archaeological Museum / NASU.

Get ready to look up — the Milky Way will be visible in Arizona’s night sky over Memorial Day weekend. This awe-inspiring sight is a massive spiral of stars, dust and gas stretching over ...

It’s the summer Milky Way time. This summer, on a clear night, find a dark site away from city lights. Wait 20 minutes for your eyes to adjust to the dark. Look towards the south and see if you ...

Milky Way’s Great Rift Identified In 5,000-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Coffin Drawings The ancient Egyptians may have conceptualized the Milky Way in the same way as Native Americans.

It’s the summer Milky Way time. This summer, on a clear night, find a dark site away from city lights. Wait 20 minutes for your eyes to adjust to the dark. Look towards the south and see if you ...