SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., March 1 (UPI) -- Obscure lectures on the size and shape of Hell may have led legendary Italian astronomer Galileo to one of the most important discoveries in the history of ...

Why would Galileo think today's researchers are more sorcerer than scientist? Astronomer Derrick Pitts invites people to explore the cosmos through an entirely new lens, one that will change the way ...

HAMPTON, Va. — While Galileo is regarded as one of the great men of science and his theories are well known, not many people take the time to appreciate his written works. Dr. Kerry Magruder, ...

To understand Galileo, do what Galileo did, says Mark A. Peterson: Remain alert to insights from across the arts and sciences. In Galileo’s Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts (Harvard ...

Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock begins her search for extraterrestrial life with an exploration of our nearest neighbour, and ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Anyone who's ever used a telescope to star gaze should give props to Galileo Galilei. While the seventeenth century scientists ...

2009 has been named the International Year of Astronomy, marking the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first views through a telescope. Throughout the year, the website for the International Year of ...

The methods of analyzing space, time and motion described in the previous several lectures are called kinematics. Galileo rightly deserves much of the credit for developing these methods. [Although ...

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 ...

Theologian Joseph Scrivner will deliver a lecture titled “The Bible After Galileo and Gettysburg” at Stillman College's Stinson Auditorium from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday as part of the Stillman College ...

SANTA CRUZ — The 1-inch lens through which Galileo saw mountains on the moon is a thousand times smaller than the lens of the Thirty Meter Telescope, which will let scientists observe galaxies at the ...