For centuries, science and religion have been seen as rivals, but their relationship is more complex than it seems.

On July 30, 1610, the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei became the first to observe rings around the planet Saturn. Shortly ...

In a mission that changed our understanding of gas giants, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft made history not just in orbit but also ...

Mornings began with a spread of deli meats, a variety of cheeses, fresh bread, croissants and flaky pastries. It was a change ...

Today in the history of astronomy, Galileo is confused by his observations of Saturn.

Galileo Galilei famously stood trial for his insistence—based on astronomical observations through his telescopes—that the Copernican model of the Solar System was correct. The Earth revolved ...

In Galileo's day, the study of astronomy was used to maintain and reform the calendar. Sufficiently advanced students of astronomy made horoscopes; the alignment of the stars was believed to ...

The University of Chicago Press publishes more than 90 scholarly journals that cover a wide range of disciplines, from the humanities and the social sciences to the life and physical sciences. In ...

Galileo didn't make it into Lord Kelvin's seminal paper on the tides. But for all his work, including his tidal theory, he secured a place in history as the first modern scientist.

Much further in the future, they may one day help to finally make us an interstellar civilization. Galileo to ACS3: How NASA’s solar sails could change future space travel ...

Galileo was not tortured or burned, but he was put under house arrest. Yet in Galileo’s time, people were subject to the cruelest punishments for relatively petty crimes.