The telescope began as a relatively simple device, born out of optical experimentation. It combined a series of lenses and mirrors to collect and magnify light, allowing the user to see far away ...

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters Life!) - A three-foot telescope used by the Italian astronomer Galileo, whose discoveries revolutionized astronomy, is the main attraction at an exhibition at the Franklin ...

Scientist celebrated today for changing our view of the universe. Aug. 25, 2009 — -- Who invented the telescope? Not Galileo. Who first pointed it at the heavens? Again, it wasn't Galileo. So ...

Four hundred years ago Galileo Galilei, a 45-year old teacher of mathematics, physics and astronomy at the University of Padua in what is today Italy, learned of the development in the Netherlands of ...

Gingerich, Owen. 2010. [Book review] "Galileo: Images of the Universe from Antiquity to the Telescope." Journal for the History of Astronomy, 41, 145–146.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The first telescopes, known as refracting telescopes, were built in ...

Paris: Wind the clock back 400 years and follow in the footsteps of a giant — experience now just what first amazed Galileo in 1609! The latest Cornerstone project of the International Year of ...

Hans Lippershey's ingenious spyglass -- Galileo's new window on the heavens -- Johannes Kepler, the nearsighted wizard -- Isaac Newton's reflecting telescope -- William Herschel's giant reflectors -- ...

In our “modern world” in the 21 st Century, we’re still in the relatively early days of scientific thinking. Not all that long ago, the precursors of science were at the forefront of most people’s ...

In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects. Galileo Galilei quickly improved the designs and became the first to explore ...

Astronomy enthusiasts across the globe are breaking out their telescopes this weekend (October 22-24) in a coordinated effort to help hundreds of thousands of people experience their own “Galileo ...