(For more on the controversy Galileo spawned, see His Big Mistake.) Building a better refractor The spyglass-turned-telescope had limitations, some of which Galileo was able to design around.

Shortly after he began producing his binoculars, news of the telescope reached Galileo. These days, the telescope is mostly closely associated with the night sky, but it's also useful on land and ...

However, tonight and tomorrow, all but the brightest of these will look well off their best as the full Moon dominates the ...

NASA hopes to launch the Europa Clipper mission. It will then spend the next five years travelling 628.3 million kilometers ...

Even though it had been observed in the sky since prehistory, it wasn’t until Galileo came along with his trusty telescope that more was found out about it. In fact, what he saw surrounding the ...

Galileo used his device, as shown in Fig ... The drive was then on to build bigger and more powerful telescopes with greater magnification. It was soon realized that what was to become known ...

For the first time, we are sending a spacecraft to explore an alien ocean world—a moon that might host life today ...

Florence, Italy, is a beacon of human creativity and intellect. Nestled in the heart of Tuscany, it was the birthplace of the Renaissance. This era transformed art, science, and thought profoundly.

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft lifted off Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, ...