Perimeter Institute exhibit reveals the tech side of Galileo’s scientific revolution
Galileo precedes today’s physicists by many generations, but his work underscores the interplay of intellect and observation ...
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 ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies?
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
New research sheds light on using multiple CubeSats for in-space servicing and repair missions
As more satellites, telescopes, and other spacecraft are built to be repairable, it will take reliable trajectories for ...
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Galileo in Rome to face the Inquisition
Galileo conducted his research by dropping objects of different weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. From 1592 to 1630, Galileo was a math professor at the University of Padua, where he developed a ...
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What Is Gravity, and How Does It Work?
What did Newton understand that was such a revolution? Can someone just... explain gravity to me? Let's start with a ...
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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 ...