The geocentric model is a debunked theory that the Earth is the center of the universe, with the sun and planets revolving around it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The Ptolemaic geocentric model of the universe, devised by the Greek scientist Claudius Ptolemy, had everything revolving around Earth. (Image credit: Bartolomeu Velho) Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi ...

Popular science history paints a picture of the Greek geocentric model dominating astronomical thought beginning around the 3rd century BCE, and being the favored model for ~1,500 years. Then, ...

In astronomy, including the Earth, ... In a geocentric model, where Venus is always approximately the same distance from Earth, its phase changes do not match observations.

3. Sidereus Nuncius, Galileo Galilei (1610) . On a visit to the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Missouri, I was taken to the rare book room by former Librarian of History and Science Bruce Bradley.

A team of physicists have proposed a new cosmological model – dubbed the "black hole universe" – that suggests that our universe did not begin at the Big Bang. For a long time the universe was ...

More information: James R. Beattie et al, The spectrum of magnetized turbulence in the interstellar medium, Nature Astronomy (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02551-5 Provided by University of Toronto ...

Designed by Geoffrey Cooper, this unique Geocentric watch is inspired by science and science fiction. Its circular hands are always in motion, and a see-through face allows you to observe the ...

In 1508, Nicolaus Copernicus developed a celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system that transformed the way we view the universe. This bold theory, contrary to the geocentric model ...

This article was originally published with the title “ How the Geocentric Model of the Universe Worked [Video] ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 310 No. 1 (January 2014) doi:10.1038 ...