The first publication by Galileo Galilei has set a new auction record for the celebrated astronomer, selling for $1.5 million at Christie's.

Galileo continued writing in conversational language for his landmark 1632 work, Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del ...

Galileo Galilei is famous for revolutionizing the way we look at the heavens today and for his courage to continually challenge traditional beliefs, in short, for his ability to look beyond the ...

Sunspots are the most striking phenomenon of the solar magnetic field. After the invention of the telescope early in the 17th ...

Galileo's drawing of the solar system. Florence, 1611. The exhibit Galileo and His Ingenious Discoveries, is previewed at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics on Feb. 4.

Muller, Galileo Galilei, und das Kopernikanische Weltsystem (Fribourg, 1909); Olney, The Private Life of Galileo (London, 1870); Pastor, History of the Popes .

Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of science, pioneering the Scientific Revolution of the XNUMXth century. His contribution to modern ...

Galileo Galilei’s telescopic discovery of Jupiter ’s four moons in 1610 revolutionized astronomy and supported heliocentric theories. Subsequent centuries saw more moons discovered and a focus shift ...