(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.

Understandably so: if Galileo is considered a patron saint of astronomy, then his telescope is one of its most holy relics. "Galileo's work with the telescope unleashed the notion that ours is a ...

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 ...

NASA When the spacecraft’s namesake, Galileo Galilei, first trained his telescope on Jupiter in 1610, he saw only four moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto (arranged in this artificial ...

Can scientists build a detector of near-Earth objects that would sense gravitational waves produced by any "dark" objects ...

But the real Galileo, never tortured or excommunicated, remained a loyal Catholic throughout his life. He pursued all his bold investigations convinced that Nature followed a Divine order.

The original structure provided the optimal setting for Galileo Galilei's presentation of the telescope; it also served as a stage for tight rope walkers who would humor the doge (the highest ...

The University of Jamestown’s Theatre Department will present Bertolt Brecht’s “Galileo” in the DeNault Auditorium of the ...