Researchers discovered a 500-year-old compass in a hidden chamber in Frombork, Poland, possibly used by Copernicus, shedding light on his astronomical work.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Using ground-penetrating radar, researchers discovered an underground chamber containing a 500-year-old compass near Copernicus’ burial site.

Archaeologists in Poland have discovered a 500-year-old compass that may have belonged to Nicolaus Copernicus, who is most famous for his heliocentric model of the solar system, in which the ...

A 500-year-old discovery of a compass has been linked back to Nicolaus Copernicus - a Polish astronomer who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system in the 1500s. This model, also known ...

Researchers discovered a 500-year-old compass in a hidden chamber in Frombork, Poland, possibly used by Copernicus, shedding light on his astronomical work.

Archaeologists in Poland have discovered a 500-year-old compass that may have belonged to Nicolaus Copernicus, who is most famous for his heliocentric model of the solar system, in which the ...