Galileo Galilei was the most brilliant astronomer of his time, armed with a telescope and an obsession with truth. In the ...

After eight years orbiting Jupiter, NASA's Galileo space probe will end its long mission, during the wee hours of Monday morning, by plunging through the Jovian cloud tops and smashing into the giant ...

Few figures shine as brightly as Galileo Galilei, an Italian philosopher whose contributions to astronomy revolutionized the understanding of the stars. "Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) has always played ...

The classic image of Galileo Galilei has the 16th century Italian scientist dropping two balls of differing weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and observing them hitting the ground at the same ...

So here’s a fine howdy-do for Galileo Galilei: Exactly one day—one flipping day—after the great man’s 450th birthday, on Feb. 15, 2014, a study by the National Science Foundation (NSF) revealed that ...

In August, we reported that a letter presumably written by Galileo Galilei—part of the collection of the University of Michigan's library—was actually a forgery, along with a similar document in the ...

Alex Chadwick talks Ira Flatow, host of NPR's Talk of the Nation Science Friday, about new examinations of the theories of Galileo and Isaac Newton relating to gravity. This is DAY TO DAY. I'm Alex ...

A quote of the day picks one powerful line of wisdom to spark inspiration, teach a lesson, or prompt daily reflection amid ...