Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new theory by a University of Melbourne physicist. Professor David Jamieson, Head of ...

Pluto and the Moon should be classed as planets, scientists have claimed, amid concerns that the current definition of a planet is 'rooted in folklore and astrology'. Experts studied how a planet's ...

The sighting of Jupiter's moons by Galileo Galilei resonates through science and history. Using a handmade telescope in January 1610, Galileo confirmed the Copernican theory that the planets moved ...

In 1610, Galileo challenged the widely-accepted belief that the universe revolved around the earth, resulting in dramatic consequences from the Roman Catholic church. Galileo'''s observations are the ...

An artist’s conception shows a “hot Jupiter” around an alien star. One of the first hot Jupiters to be detected, 55 Cancri b, has been given the name Galileo. (Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech) After a ...

The year was 1995. Hillary Clinton’s husband was prepping to run for reelection. Coolio’s ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ was song of the year. Toy Story was blowing minds. And on December 7, NASA’s Galileo ...

If you ever visit Florence-and you really ought to see the birthplace of the Renaissance-there is a fascinating little museum, next to the more famous Uffizi, devoted to the history of science. There ...

Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new theory. Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its ...