A new study from David Kipping attempts to explain why we are located around a yellow star, and so early in the universe.

The Copernican model of the universe The cornerstone of Copernicus's contributions to science was his revolutionary model of the universe. Contrary to the prevailing Ptolemaic model, which maintained ...

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Humans like to think by analogy, and this method often works well for advancing knowledge. For instance, when Galileo first turned his new telescope towards the heavens in 1609–10, he quickly noted ...

Nicholas Copernicus was the astronomer who, five centuries ago, explained that Earth revolves around the Sun, rather than vice versa. A true Renaissance man, he also practised as a mathematician, ...