The Milky Way Illuminated Ancient Egypt’s Goddess of the Sky
Astronomical simulations and ancient Egyptian texts show the Milky Way was linked to the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut. This fits within multicultural myths about our home galaxy
Stories by Or Graur
Or Graur is an associate professor of astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, an honorary associate professor at University College London and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. His books include Supernova (MIT Press, 2022) and Galaxies (MIT Press, 2024).