Long before GPS, explorers used the stars to cross oceans and deserts. Here’s how they turned the night sky into a map.

In a world-first discovery, researchers have shown that Australia's iconic Bogong moth uses constellations of stars and the Milky Way to navigate hundreds of kilometers across the country during ...

Glassman, Sarah, Mandell, Brian, Rogers, Melissa, and Haley, Heather. 2019. How Can We Use the Sky to Navigate? In Smithsonian Science for the Classroom ...