Today in the history of astronomy, Galileo is confused by his observations of Saturn.

2. Scientific breakthrough discoveries In 1609, Galileo constructed his first telescope, where he made a series of astonishing discoveries that forever altered our perception of the universe.

On July 30, 1610, the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei became the first to observe rings around the planet Saturn. Shortly ...

The Kepler Space Telescope, named for astronomer Johannes Kepler, was NASA's first exoplanet hunting telescope. It launched on March 6, 2009, with the goal of observing more than 100,000 stars in ...

Galileo, often regarded as father of modern science, is considered by some historic writers to have caused his own problems with Spanish Inquisition through his persuasive, entertaining and biting ...

Object Details Author Land, Barbara Contents Hans Lippershey's ingenious spyglass -- Galileo's new window on the heavens -- Johannes Kepler, the nearsighted wizard -- Isaac Newton's reflecting ...

A fair amount of the interest, doubtless, was prompted by Google itself, which celebrated the "400th Anniversary of Galileo's Telescope" with a graphic on its homepage.

The mottled brown cylinder on display at The Franklin Institute science museum is a 400-year-old telescope used by Galileo Galilei, whose observations of the heavens ultimately changed the face of ...

Galileo, having perfected the telescope, observed things which concretely supported the factual truth of the Copernican system. But the Church, armed with the Inquisition, disagreed.

This season’s example is Philip Glass’s “Galileo Galilei” (2002), a chamber piece that examines the courage of the scientist who challenged established orthodoxy.

The effect challenged the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church but led to the birth of modern astronomy.</p> <p>Galileo, who was not the first to create a telescope, improved his "optick tube ...