Galileo Galilei, Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist, before the Inquisition. Galileo was put under house arrest, and went blind in 1637. (Bettmann/Getty Images) ...

Galileo confirmed as author of pseudonymous 17th century astronomy text Text is biting rebuttal to a philosopher's ideas about the 1604 supernova ("stella nova").

Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) is often recognized as the founder of modern physics, perhaps even the father of modern science itself. But this popular image neglects one important facet of his ...

As a founding father in the fields of physics and astronomy, Galileo Galilei is known for countless contributions to science. The Italian thinker stressed a methodical, mathematical approach to ...

Galileo Galilei was an Italian mathematician born in 1564 in Pisa. ... David J. Eicher is Editor of Astronomy Magazine and the author of 26 books on history and science. Up Next ...

A manuscript attributed to Galileo Galilei found to be a forgery in August has led to the discovery that a different, controversial book was authored by the celebrated Italian astronomer.

On this date, Jan. 7, 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant stars, Galileo’s repeated ...

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In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects.

A prized manuscript in the University of Michigan library that was believed to have been written by the famed Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei is a forgery, the university said. The one-page ...