From the first stone tools to sea-faring ships to the internet, technology has been at the heart of human exploration and discovery. But to starting exploring space, the final frontier, humans first ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Though it looks like a cardboard tube that got left out in the rain, it's a priceless instrument whose owner changed the world. The mottled brown cylinder on display at The Franklin ...

Jack C. Davis Observatory's lecture series focusing on topics in astronomy and science continues Saturday night. Observatory volunteer Robert Anderson will present a discussion on "The Rise of the ...

Italian mathematician Galileo Galilei was born in Feb. 15, 1564, in Pisa. Often summarized as the father of modern science, certainly a polymath and a brilliant thinker who operated on a high ...

Modern-age telescopes have offered us a tantalizing view of what lies in the vast expanse of space, while also giving us glimpses of the universe’s past. However, making telescopes that can peek deep ...

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 -- ...