A surprising scientific discovery in the remnants of Tycho Brahe’s workshop has revealed the presence of tungsten, an element unknown to science until the 18th century. A 16th-century Mystery In ...

It turns out that Tycho Brahe, mostly known for his study of astronomy, had his own basement laboratory for mixing medicines—including some particular elements. Brahe’s famed observatory ...

As 1665 drew to a close, many people were anxious about the following year, which would be burdened with the digits 666, the ominous Number of the Beast. Even though London was indeed devastated by ...

The astronomer Tycho Brahe’s Uraniborg ... Ms. Moller begins her tour in Nuremberg, Germany, a hotbed of invention, where Johannes Regiomontanus turned his house into an observatory and ...

By November 11, it was spotted by Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. While it was no brighter ... Bearing in mind that the invention of telescopes were still decades away, follow-up observations ...

July 13, 2021 • All Songs host Bob Boilen shares his favorite songs of the week, including a long-overdue celebration of Sparks, a Ben Gibbard collaboration with Tycho, the return of Courtney ...

There are few guarantees in life, but a new Tycho album that doesn't disappoint is something you can always bet on. Based in San Francisco, Tycho, a.k.a. Scott Hansen, has been a constant in the ...

Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Tycho Brahe, a 16th-century Danish alchemist ... long before the invention of the telescope in 1608. Kaare Lund Rasmussen, an archaeometry expert at the ...