Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Galileo, Kepler and Copernicus with planets and orbital diagrams. In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that ...

American writer Dan Brown released The Da Vinci Code in 2003. A mystery novel that tracks the secret surrounding the Holy Grail of Jesus through ciphers hidden in the works of Leonardo S.p.A., a ...

The heliocentric theory holds that Earth moves around the Sun at great speed, a controversial idea in Galileo's time. Even today, many people are still perplexed by the fact that we don't experience ...

Galileo was convicted of a strong suspicion of heresy. Although "was never formally charged with heresy" is technically true, it could be a tad misleading as to what happened. Galileo didn't really ...

In November 1859, Charles Darwin published his seminal book on the Origin of Species. His studies caused a pivotal change in how we view ourselves just as Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543) and Galileo ...

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 ...

Aside from his many contributions to the evolution of modern science, Galileo Galilei is also famous for defying the 17th century Catholic church. He's lionized for advocating a heliocentric view of ...

Source: NOVA: "Galileo's Battle for the Heavens" This resource was adapted from NOVA: "Galileo's Battle for the Heavens." In 1610, when Galileo first pointed his newly built telescope toward the sky, ...

There was once a man who noticed something new about the heavens. There were satellites that orbited Jupiter, and hundreds of stars that had never been seen with the unaided eye. There were craters, ...