Two long-suffering NBA franchises can secure conference title spots with Game 5 wins Wednesday, although only Minnesota is favored.

In September 2002, an amateur astronomer discovered a rapidly moving object that initially appeared to be a near-Earth asteroid. Analysis of the observations by the Minor Planet Center established ...

New research has revealed that the cosmological model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus, the renowned European Renaissance polymath, bears striking resemblance to the one designed by an Arab Muslim ...

Heliocentric model chart clipart design. Geocentric model and heliocentric model infographic in solar system clip art for outer space science education vector illustration.

Seleucus of Seleucia was an ancient astronomer who defended heliocentrism, arguing that Earth orbits the Sun and rotates on its axis.

Titled ‘Orb: On the Movements of the Earth –An act of planet–’, the exhibition will bridge the gap between fiction and reality by tracing the real-world transition from the geocentric to ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about two months.

However, epicycles made the geocentric model more convoluted, delaying the acceptance of the more accurate heliocentric model we know today.

This heliocentric theory was a pivotal moment in the history of science and marked the beginning of a shift away from the geocentric model that had dominated scientific study for centuries. Of course, ...

Researchers discovered a 500-year-old compass in a hidden chamber in Frombork, Poland, possibly used by Copernicus, shedding light on his astronomical work.