German astronomer Johannes Kepler made sketches of sunspots in 1607 from his observations of the sun’s surface — and centuries later, the pioneering drawings are helping scientists solve a solar ...

Did Brahe, Kepler, Galileo and Newton make isolated discoveries, or did Islamic science contribute to their work on astronomy ...

In Astronomy's 2022 list of the 20 greatest astronomers of all time, Associate Editor Michael Bakich ranked Tycho Brahe No. 2 ...

PART I: When Giordano Bruno promoted the idea of a Plurality of Worlds, science was clearly against it, as Johannes Kepler took pains to point out. LEFT: “Portrait of Johannes Kepler,” 1620. RIGHT: ...

Johannes Kepler, German mathematician and astronomer, sought to explain the solar system in terms of divine harmony. His goal was to find a system of the world that was mathematically correct and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have conducted a postmortem exam on the last gigantic star explosion ever observed by ...

1604: Johannes Kepler first lays eyes on the star that will eventually bear his name. It is the last confirmed supernova to be observed in our galaxy. The German astronomer was not the first to see ...

The star of the Johannes Kepler High Artistry Homage Limited Edition collection, featuring four styles of fountain pen, is the Johannes Kepler High Artistry Stella Nova Limited Edition 1 The pen is ...

Europe's sophisticated space freighter, Johannes Kepler, external, has docked with the International Space Station (ISS). The unmanned robotic truck attached itself to the Zvezda module on the rear of ...