Lost Star Maps of the Mandar Navigators
For centuries, Mandar sailors in Indonesia navigated vast oceans using just ten specific star patterns—a sophisticated celestial knowledge system now vanishing from living memory.
Space Science
4 articles in “Space Science”.
The Lost Star Maps of Indonesia's Master Navigators
Ten specific star patterns guided Mandar seafarers across Indonesian waters for centuries—knowledge now fading from memory as younger generations navigate by GPS instead of constellations.
Hunting Ghosts in the Cosmic Basement
Scientists are searching for invisible particles that make up 84% of all matter in the universe using detectors buried deep underground. The hunt spans particles from feather-light to mountain-heavy masses.
Hidden Power Revealed: How Binary Evolution Solves a Black Hole's Energy Crisis
A black hole binary emitting gamma rays at nearly a petaelectronvolt created an impossible energy deficit—until simulations revealed it was hiding ten times more power than we could see.