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 ...

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

Galileo Galilei was born on February 15 ... where he taught geometry, mechanics and astronomy. But many of his teachings went against the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, which was extremely ...

BUENOS AIRES, April 13. /TASS/. A bronze bust of the first man in space, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, will be installed at the Galileo Galilei planetarium in central Buenos Aires to mark 55 ...

Well, any of us who has ever looked through a telescope could say the same, for the two principal types in use today were developed by giants: the refractor by Galileo and the reflector by Newton.

Galileo Galilei was the founder of modern physics ... mechanics and the strength of materials, optics and astronomy. He continued to develop, correcting earlier errors, admitting his ignorance ...