The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe became famous as the creator of the geoheliocentric model of the Solar System, which combined elements of Copernicus's heliocentrism and Ptolemy's geocentrism.

Renowned for his groundbreaking work in astronomy, Tycho Brahe also harbored a lesser-known interest in alchemy. Recent findings from an archaeological dig on the island of Ven, where Brahe's ...