This year marks the International Year of Astronomy, 12 months that commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope by Galileo Galilei, and the ...

The Cal Poly Department of Dance, Music & Theatre will present “The Life of Galileo” Nov. 3, 4, 9 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 5 and 12 at 2:30 p.m. at the Gist Hall Theatre at Cal Poly Humboldt in ...

VATICAN CITY -- Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero. The Vatican is recasting the most famous victim of its Inquisition as a man of faith, just in time for the 400th anniversary of Galileo's ...

FLORENCE (Reuters) - A tooth, thumb and finger cut off from the body of renowned Italian scientist Galileo, who died in 1642, go on display this week in Florence after an art collector found them by ...

One of theater's most chilling, sinister scenes occurs in German playwright Bertolt Brecht's "Life of Galileo." The year is 1633. Galileo has demonstrated that the Earth revolves around the sun. The ...

On the next clear night, step outside and look south. The brilliant object that catches your eye is the king of the planets, Jupiter. Now, imagine going back in time to the year 1610. Italian ...

Galileo's artistic skills aided his scientific understanding. His art training helped him interpret telescopic observations. Galileo's drawings were crucial to his discoveries and publications. His ...

A Galileo Galilei document that has been one of the University of Michigan library's treasures turned out to be a forgery, a development that an expert on the famed 15th century Italian astronomer has ...