These days, we would call them proprietary blends. But in the late 1500s and early 1600s, individual alchemists called the ...

A surprising scientific discovery in the remnants of Tycho Brahe’s workshop has revealed the presence of tungsten, an element ...

Researchers Make an Unexpected Discovery From Renaissance Astronomer Tycho Brahe’s Alchemy Laboratory Tycho Brahe was a ...

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 ...

Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) was the famous and gifted Danish astronomer of the sixteenth century who contributed to the beginning of modern astronomy. He made key observations of Mars and many stars, ...

In this image taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, our Sun — a main sequence star — releases a powerful solar flare. This image features the remains of a supernova that was seen in 1572 and ...

May 18th marks the 45th anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens and the creation of the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory. This Saturday they are holding an open house to teach people about ...

A former observatory in Trellech, Monmouthshire, is up for auction with a guide price of £660,000-plus. The Observatory, once a destination for international astronomers, has been converted into a ...

Have you ever had an X-ray taken of your bones? Well, so has the Milky Way. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory regularly images our home galaxy, and a recent scan caught something that might be ...