Fauber, a UC-Riverside PhD student in computer science, seamlessly merges biography, history, and science in this amazing look at the four 16th-century astronomers whose work revealed the heliocentric ...

The International Astronomy Union and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have designated this year as the International Year of Astronomy 2009 in tribute to ...

Zielona Gora, Poland—The great German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) arrived in this forested region to serve his last employer exactly 380 years ago—reason enough for some two dozen science ...

Johannes Kepler's 442nd birthday is celebrated in today's Google Doodle. The illustration shows the famous astronomer with a small blue planet orbiting both his face and the sun in the centre of the ...

Somewhat eclipsed in popular culture by his great Italian contemporary Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler is finally achieving the iconic status he has long held in science. In 2009, the ...

Using modern techniques, researchers have re-examined Johannes Kepler's half-forgotten sunspot drawings and revealed previously hidden information about the solar cycles before the grand solar minimum ...

Two new biographies differ over the astronomer’s view of the relationship between science and faith. A right thumb, a finger, a tooth. These were the contents of a reliquary acquired several years ago ...

"Kepler and the Universe: How One Man Revolutionized Astronomy," by David K. Love. Prometheus Books. 255 pages. $24. In the years following the publication of Copernicus’ “De Revolutionibus” (1543), ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A small library’s worth of rare medieval and Renaissance books are ...

On an unforgettable night in 1577, a mother took her 5-year-old son to the top of a hill to view the bright path of a comet. The boy was Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), and that night his life course was ...