Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) is often recognized as the founder of modern physics, perhaps even the father of modern science itself. But this popular image neglects one important facet of his ...
A manuscript attributed to Galileo Galilei found to be a forgery in August has led to the discovery that a different, controversial book was authored by the celebrated Italian astronomer. When you ...
If you drop a light object and a heavy object from a tower, which one reaches the ground first? As you may recall from high school physics, this is a trick question. Neglecting air resistance, they ...
It’s impossible to know our place in history. Trapped in the furious back and forth of current events, from elections to dangerous conflicts, we can lose sight of how long it can take for processes ...
A map of dark matter from 2021 using weak gravitational lensing data set. Credit: Dark Energy Survey. darkenergysurvey.org/des-year-3-cosmology-results-papers/. A map ...
Do you think that a heavy object and a lighter one dropped simultaneously will hit the floor at the same time? A new children's book, “Galileo's Leaning Tower Experiment,” by Wendy Macdonald, tells ...
Galileo’s closest approach to our planet in December 1990 allowed scientists to perform the first controlled experiment for the search for life on Earth from space. Ten months earlier, Voyager 1 had ...
A mention of Galileo, and you likely recall famed Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei. As someone who emphasised on experimentation and observation, he is often hailed as the “father of ...
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