When it comes to belonging and identity, tonight’s glittering drag artists are light years from staid science clubs of yore.

For instance, when Galileo first turned his new telescope towards the heavens in 1609–10, he quickly noted four dots of light that were aligned with Jupiter’s equator. Over the next few nights, while ...

It was probably during his time at Padua that his path first crossed with Galileo ... to construct a telescope weren’t successful owing to the poor quality of the glass. By 1609, however ...

This year, scientists were able to pull back the curtain on mysteries surrounding figures across history, both known and ...

Astronomer Johannes Kepler made sketches of sunspots that were published in his 1609 book "Phaenomenon Singulare ... made before the advent of telescopes, were dusted off this year when scientists ...

Even Galileo Galilei—who used his telescope in 1609 to challenge the view that the cosmos is static, Earth-centric clockwork—might wonder at the Sunshine Coast Astronomy Club’s exuberant and ...

Europa was one of four moons discovered on Jan. 7, 1610, by astronomer Galileo Galilei. Speaking of Galileo, this photo was ...

Nearly 415 years ago to the day astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered the moons surrounding Jupiter looking through his homemade telescope.

On January 7, 1610, the Italian astronomer Galileo discovered three of Jupiter's moons: Callisto, Europa and Io. When he ...