Andreas Cellarius's illustration of the Copernican system, from the Harmonia Macrocosmica (1708). Credit: Public Domain The Scientific Revolution, which took in the 16th and 17th centuries, was a time ...

Ibn-al-shatir's lunar model from which Copernicus is reported to have borrowed in composing his cosmological model. Credit: This work is in the public domain in the United States. New research has ...

Some would have us believe that Father Nicolaus Copernicus was fearful of publishing his heliocentric model because of the Catholic Church. This is completely untrue. In fact, a pope, two cardinals ...

The rare manuscript is believed to be one of only 277 known copies of Copernicus' book worldwide. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Frombork is a small, quiet town perched on the shore of the Vistula Lagoon in northern Poland. Fishermen keep their boats in a cozy port. In the summer, a ferry shuttles passengers across the bay to ...

Despite what you may have heard or learned in school, the sun is NOT the center of the solar system. Despite what you may have heard or learned in school, the sun is NOT in fact the center of the ...

This illustration of the large GRB ring, and the inferred underlying large-scale structure, shows what might be responsible for the pattern we've observed. However, this may not be a true structure, ...

Ibn-al-shatir's lunar model from which Copernicus is reported to have borrowed in composing his cosmological model. Credit: This work is in the public domain in the ...