Galileo Galilei is arguably the most important scientist to ever live. He perfected the first telescopes, turned them toward ...

With Pope Francis's passing, focus turns to Cardinal Peter Turkson, who is a leading candidate in the upcoming papal election ...

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Visitors come here to pay respects to such notable Italians as artist Michelangelo, scientist Galileo Galilei and political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli, whose tombs and memorials are housed here.

“His name is synonymous with science,” says Brian Schwartz ... In a 1632 treatise, Galileo Galilei set forth what would become the classic version of relativity. He invited you, his reader ...

Galileo Galilei is teaching mathematics at the university in Padua (Italy) and wants a promotion. He’s told in order for him to receive a job advancement, he must produce something new to the world of ...

The Catholic Church has almost always been at the forefront of astronomical research and its facilities in Arizona are among ...

Author Dava Sobel discusses how she discovered the many forgotten female scientists who were mentored by Marie Curie in early ...

A team of scientists claim to have discovered a new colour that no human has ever seen before. But what does ‘The Wizard of Oz’ have to do with this contested discovery? Scientists claim they ...

The lone black hole without a companion star is located 5,000 light-years away. A team of scientists have confirmed the existence of a lone black hole that has no star orbiting it in the Milky Way ...