To paraphrase Galileo Galilei — the great Italian astronomer, philosopher, engineer, mathematician and physicist — positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) does not revolve around GPS. The European ...

Our third entry in the list of Galileo’s 5 biggest accomplishments – the Sector – is also called a military or a geometrical compass. This instrument was designed and patented by Galileo and saw ...

On Jan. 1, the calendar turned to the International Year of Astronomy. This new year marks the anniversary of one of the most profound events in human history - 400 years ago, Galileo Galilei first ...

Galileo Galilei was the founder of modern physics. To assess such a claim requires that we make a giant leap of the imagination to transport us to a state of ignorance about even the most elementary ...

Move over, Charlie Brown. Hop along, Frog and Toad. Olympia Family Theater has turned its attention to a new hero: 17th-century scientist Galileo Galilei. “Starry Messenger,” opening Friday (Jan. 27), ...

It’s an absurdly beautiful world you walk into when seeing Bertolt Brecht’s Galileo at Classic Stage Company. Set designer Adrianne Lobel has hung the high-ceilinged space with huge, silvery spheres, ...

Nothing gets quite close to the telescope Galileo devised and built. Taking the first spot on the list of Galileo’s 5 biggest accomplishments is the telescope he based on other already available ...