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He was said to be imperious and hot-tempered and liked to dress up in armour and lead troops up and down Italy, engaging in battles to extend the reach of the church’s territory. But Julius II ...
Throughout history, there’s been so much drama at the top of the Catholic Church, it’s no wonder the movie Conclave was a massive hit and nominated for a swag of Oscars.
The 267th pope will join a storied list of past heads of the Holy See As the 267th pontiff, Pope Leo XIV will join a storied list of past heads of the Holy See. We take a look back at the world ...
In the 1700s, the orrery, a clockwork model of the solar system, was developed. The word "planetarium" was invented to describe orreries that featured the planets.
Vesta had been thought to have been the last protoplanet, a leftover remnant from the early days of our solar system that never quite made it as a fully fledged planet for some reason. As the ...
In the 1700s, the orrery, a clockwork model of the Solar System, was developed. The word “planetarium” was invented to describe orreries that featured the planets.
He was making a miniature model of the solar system out of Play-Doh when he had an epiphany. “The sun was 1-inch diameter, and from there the rest of the planets were microscopic.
Inside the campus, guests can walk through a scale model of the solar system and watch astronomy shows in the Barlow Planetarium. Admission to the Astronomy Day shows, which run from 1 to 7:30 p.m ...
Scheduled for phased commissioning between 2027 and 2029, the seventh phase will be one of the world’s largest solar-plus-storage projects, generating 4.5 terawatt-hours of clean electricity ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...