H anuman is swinging joyfully from vine to vine in the Kishkindha forest when he stops mid-swing. Below him, resting against ...

On Timaeus in Paradise: Metaphors and Beauty from Plato to Dante and Beyond, by Piero Boitani.

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Launched by NASA in 2009, the Kepler space telescope was outfitted with equipment to discover and study Earth-sized planets in the Milky Way galaxy. It was named after the 17th century scientist and ...

In the previous edition, we focused on the European Renaissance and examined how Islamic astronomers influenced science to evolve in this direction. In this edition we cover the works of Brahe, Kepler ...

Three comets (C/1618 Q1, C/1618 V1, and C/1618 W1) were observed in 1618, all visible to the naked eye. C/1618 Q1, first observed in August over Hungary, marks the first known telescopic observation ...

Astronomers have recently discovered a massive exoplanet, Kepler-139f, hidden within a known star system. This Neptune-sized planet, 36 times the mass of Earth, eluded detection until 2025 due to its ...

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 ...

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The Renaissance, a transformative cultural and intellectual movement spanning from the 14th to the 17th century in Europe, witnessed a resurgence of art, science, and humanism. It marked a departure ...

It was 400 years ago that Galileo Galilei opened the window to the skies with a telescope In 1609 Johannes Kepler published his Astronomia Nova and in the proces s provided us with a new understanding ...