On this date, Jan. 7, 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant stars, Galileo’s repeated ...

The drama of Galileo's trial by the Inquisition in 1633 has cast him as a renegade astronomer who scoffed at the Bible and drew fire from a Church blind to reason. Indeed, the myth of the martyred ...

Galileo Galilei was born on February 15 ... the thoughts of Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), who had proposed that the sun was the centre of the universe and that the Earth ...

A rare group of books featuring volumes by Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, and Galileo Galilei that were collected by the late astronomer—and eclipse chaser—Jay Pasachoff is coming to the ...

Four hundred years ago, Italian astronomer Galileo Gaililei unveiled his newest innovation: a 3x telescope. This would enable him to prove a theory that would have profound impact on humanity: the Sun ...

I am Galileo Galilei, a scientist from Italy and I am ... film explores the work of Sir Isaac Newton as a physicist and astronomer, and how he made one of his biggest discoveries - gravity.

She was kind of a Rock Star Nun' — 4th Wall to stage 'Searching for Galileo's Daughter' at Museum of Worcester ...

They include: Advertisement -- Astronomer/physicist Galileo Galilei in 1564 -- French King Louis XV in 1710 -- Jeweler Charles Tiffany in 1812 -- Feminist pioneer Susan B. Anthony in 1820 File ...