John Steele Gordon on “Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party” by Edward Dolnick.

German astronomer Simon Marius is best remembered for his disputes with Galileo Galilei over priority for discovering Jupiter ...

In “Pillars of Creation,” Richard Panek shows how the James Webb Space Telescope is altering our view of the cosmos ...

Oh and don't forget to tune in in 1609, to see my 'How To' film on creating your own telescope. Bye-ee! This vlog style film recreates a famous experiment in which Galileo, an Italian scientist ...

It was in 1609 that he heard of an instrument that had been ... The argument of the scholars Galileo refers to was that ...

Tesla CEO and xAI founder Elon Musk, earlier this year, presented the ‘Galileo test’ to make sure the artificial intelligence (AI) systems of the future are safe. This conceptual benchmark cou ...

New optical technologies have revolutionized astronomy, from the invention of the telescope 400 years ago ... and most importantly to Italy. Here, Galileo took this crude device with a ...

This dual nature of the telescope dates back to its inception; after inventing his, Galileo wrote to the ruler of Venice about its ability to spy enemy ships. He also vowed to keep the device a ...

Listen to Story The test comes from Galileo's ability to generate revolutionary ideas It changed humanity's perception of the cosmos The test assesses whether an AI can propose new, scientifically ...