Raised in the Lutheran church, Tycho was led to believe that the earth was the center of the universe, but his carefully ...

The popular belief that European astronomy from the late Middle Ages and early Modern Age was more advanced than that of ...

Learn about the life and scientific contributions of Johannes Kepler, the 17th-century astronomer known for his laws of ...

Baghdad falls to the Mongols as the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed and tens of thousands are slaughtered. 1542: Catherine ...

When atomic bombs struck Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, the blinding light and heat from the explosions left only shadows of ...

When atomic bombs struck Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, under the influence of the blinding light and heat released during ...

Discover the secrets of Renaissance period astronomers Kepler and Brahe in Prague, the stunning city of a hundred spires, and stargaze at the Stefanik Observatory. Discover the city of Stockholm's ...

Aristotle and Plato – their names conjure up thoughts of stone busts showing serene elderly men with long curly beards. Perhaps these revered Greek philosophers really did look like that at some stage ...

One of the youngest supernova remnants in our galaxy, Cassiopeia A glows with the energy of a star’s final breath.