Using ground-penetrating radar, researchers discovered an underground chamber containing a 500-year-old compass near ...

Nicolaus Copernicus was the man who developed the celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system, which was a complete ...

A 500-year-old copper compass was found underground in the town of Frombork, where famous astronomer Copernicus once resided. The compass is only the third of its kind to be found in Poland.

Crucially, the compass was found not far from Copernicus’s remains. Although he was long thought to have been buried inside the cathedral, it wasn’t until 2005 that archaeologists stumbled ...

The opportunity to get a rare glimpse into the world of brass restoration was the draw at a Thursday afternoon event at the Germantown Historical Society. What a dozen eager attendees saw there was a ...

World 400-year-old tool — possibly linked to famous astronomer — found in Poland. See it ... The museum hopes to add the 400-year-old compass to its collection.

A bronze compass, possibly used by one of history’s greatest astronomers, was recently uncovered during an archaeological dig ...

World 400-year-old tool — possibly linked to famous astronomer — found in Poland. See it ... The museum hopes to add the 400-year-old compass to its collection.