Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei made a number of inventions and discoveries that remain important to astronomy and science in general today.

In 1613, more than two centuries before Neptune was officially discovered, Galileo Galilei knew he had found it, according to a new theory by a University of Melbourne physicist.

Get the 307-piece Galileo Galilei set as a free gift with purchase on purchases of 130 dollars, pounds sterling or Euros from Lego. The Lego set itself is a fantastically fun and very good-looking ...

To the Editor: Galileo Galilei, who first incurred the Roman Catholic Church's wrath on March 5, 1616, when he was ordered neither to "hold nor defend" the Copernican theory, did not prove the ...

Galileo Galilei, though famous for his scientific achievements in astronomy, mathematics, and physics, and infamous for his controversy with the church was, in fact, a devout Christian who saw not ...

The one-page document known as the “Galileo manuscript” can’t be traced to any earlier than 1930 and was likely written by the notorious Italian forger Tobia Nicotra, it said in a statement.

Chorus Master Andrew Whitfield has done impressive work! Galileo Galilei, by Phillip Glass, continues at Opera Theatre of St. Louis through June 29.

To the Editor: Galileo Galilei, who first incurred the Roman Catholic Church's wrath on March 5, 1616, when he was ordered neither to "hold nor defend" the Copernican theory, did not prove the ...

To the Editor: Galileo Galilei, who first incurred the Roman Catholic Church's wrath on March 5, 1616, when he was ordered neither to "hold nor defend" the Copernican theory, did not prove the ...

In “Our Moon,” Rebecca Boyle elucidates how Earth’s closest neighbor makes us what — and who — we are. By Katrina Miller The unmasking of a fake Galileo manuscript this summer brought ...