Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Using ground-penetrating radar, researchers discovered an underground chamber containing a 500-year-old compass near Copernicus’ burial site. The ...

The unearthing of a 500-year-old scientific instrument in northern Poland has given historians a rare, tangible link to the world of Nicolaus Copernicus. Archaeologists and independent researchers now ...

In 1508, Nicolaus Copernicus developed a celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system that transformed the way we view the universe. This bold theory, contrary to the geocentric model favored ...