When I first read the Aug. 16 Dispatch letter challenging my comparison of Galileo's coerced recantation of the Copernican solar theory with the current global warming debate, I wondered if it might ...

If you ever visit Florence-and you really ought to see the birthplace of the Renaissance-there is a fascinating little museum, next to the more famous Uffizi, devoted to the history of science. There ...

During his lifetime, Galileo Galilei was known for inventing the telescope. But it was his other scientific discoveries, specifically his scientific evidence in favor of a heliocentric view of the ...

We all know the story of Galileo’s persecution by the Catholic Church. Advocating a heliocentric model of the solar system – the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun, contradicting biblical ...

The heliocentric theory holds that Earth moves around the Sun at great speed, a controversial idea in Galileo's time. Even today, many people are still perplexed by the fact that we don't experience ...

Galileo Galilei, the renowned Italian astronomer and physicist, made groundbreaking contributions to science in the 16th and ...

It’s easy to take a digital, binary view of the 17th century Church vs. Galileo conflict: Galileo right, Pope Urban VIII wrong. But the issue is more nuanced, and Galileo’s interaction with church ...

After the discoveries he made with his telescope, Galileo Galilei embarked on an increasingly urgent quest for proof of the Copernican worldview, which placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the ...

An exceptionally rare and valuable copy of a 17th-century book by Galileo Galilei — seemingly signed and hand-illustrated by the great astronomer and thinker — was hailed as the find of the century ...