The first publication by Galileo Galilei has set a new auction record for the celebrated astronomer, selling for $1.5 million ...

Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei made a number of inventions and discoveries that remain important to astronomy and science in general today.

Galileo is considered one of the greatest astronomers of all time. His discovery of Jupiter’s major moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto) revolutionized astronomy and helped speed the ...

Learning with TOI News: Galileo created many different types of telescopes, including one that could magnify objects up to 30 times their original size. Now, here's the excit ...

A look at Galileo Galilei's most notable innovations, discoveries and observations in the field of astronomy, physics and other disciplines on the noted Italian physicist, mathematician, engineer ...

Now thanks to the Franklin’s new exhibit, “Galileo: The Medici and the Age of Astronomy,” Philadelphia has a chance to experience the art and science behind some of the greatest discoveries ...

Galileo may not have been as revolutionary to astronomy as we commonly think. But for physics, he's the largest giant whose shoulders Newton stood upon.

JUNE 22, 1633 was the date on which the astronomer Galileo Galilei was forced by the Inquisition to recant his view that the Earth orbited the Sun rather than the other way round.