The European Union (EU) has for the first time officially acknowledged the “possible utility” of Galileo—Europe’s largest joint satellite navigation project—for military purposes. Galileo has ...

The drama of Galileo's trial by the Inquisition in 1633 has cast him as a renegade astronomer who scoffed at the Bible and drew fire from a Church blind to reason. Indeed, the myth of the martyred ...

In this two-hour special, NOVA celebrates the story of the father of modern science and his struggle to get Church authorities to accept the truth of his astonishing discoveries. The program is based ...

In basketball, legends are often known by first name alone: LeBron, Kobe, Michael. Same with entertainers: Madonna, Cher, Beyoncé. But lists of scientific legends almost always include surnames, never ...

The International Astronomy Union and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have designated this year as the International Year of Astronomy 2009 in tribute to ...

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. When you ...

Galileo Galilei famously stood trial for his insistence—based on astronomical observations through his telescopes—that the Copernican model of the Solar System was correct. The Earth revolved around ...

Some of the world’s greatest artists and thinkers have turned to each other for guidance and inspiration: Salvador Dalí and Sigmund Freud, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, Paul Cézanne and ...