At the opening of the new public observatory at the National Air and Space Museum last week, the 17th century astronomer, Galileo, made a surprise appearance. Carrying his telescope, he emerged from ...

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The current struggles between religion and science in areas such as evolution and "intelligent design" are thrown into sharp relief in a new book about the Italian astronomer Galileo and his trial by ...

A manuscript attributed to Galileo Galilei found to be a forgery in August has led to the discovery that a different, controversial book was authored by the celebrated Italian astronomer. When you ...

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DALLAS (Reuters Life!) - The current struggles between religion and science in areas such as evolution and "intelligent design" are thrown into sharp relief in a new book about the Italian astronomer ...