Tracing the Origins of Modern Astronomy
How did the great modern scientific adventure related to the discovery and study of celestial bodies and the cosmos begin?
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Galileo in Rome to face the Inquisition
On this day in 1633, Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome to face charges ... Today, Galileo is recognized for making important contributions to the study ...
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Stellar recognition for UD’s Matthaeus
William Matthaeus, the Martin A. Pomerantz Chair of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, has won UD’s highest ...
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Column: IS IT REALLY SO? – Johannes Kepler: The Founder of Modern Astronomy
Learn about the life and scientific contributions of Johannes Kepler, the 17th-century astronomer known for his laws of ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
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How the Moon became a place
For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...