Who invented the telescope? Not Galileo. Who first pointed it at the heavens? Not he. So why do we celebrate him? All he did was change the world.

Shown is Galileo Galilei's telescope with his handwritten note specifying the magnifying power of the lens, during a press preview for the "Galileo, the Medici and the Age of Astronomy" exhibition ...

Instruments of revolution can appear deceivingly simple. With a bit of wood, copper wire and paper, Galileo fashioned a telescope that opened the skies for discovery. Now, for the first time ever ...

A three-foot telescope used by the Italian astronomer Galileo, whose discoveries revolutionized astronomy, is the main attraction at an exhibition at the Franklin Institute.

VATICAN CITY — Rudimentary telescopes, celestial globes and original manuscripts by Galileo are going on view at the Vatican Museums as part of an exhibit marking the 400th anniversary of the ...

Object Details Author Land, Barbara Contents Hans Lippershey's ingenious spyglass -- Galileo's new window on the heavens -- Johannes Kepler, the nearsighted wizard -- Isaac Newton's reflecting ...

Of all the planets in our solar system, Mars has long possessed a special allure. Indeed, its reddish hue caught the eye of ...

Ask your friends and neighbors, and most will probably tell you that it was the 17th century scientist Galileo who invented the telescope. This just isn’t ...

When Galileo aimed his first telescope at Saturn he must have done a double take. Something was very peculiar about the shape of this slowest-moving planet: it seemed to consist not of one body but of ...