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Quote of the Day by Galileo Galilei: 'In the future, there will be opened a gateway...'

Galileo Galilei, the "father of modern science," viewed his discoveries as merely opening a path for future generations. He humbly acknowledged that thinkers with sharper insights and better tools would surpass his achievements. This perspective highlights that progress is a continuous journey, with each breakthrough serving as a stepping stone…

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Neil deGrasse Tyson narrates new trailer for upcoming Broadway musical, 'Galileo'

Raúl Esparza will reprise his lead role as the famous Renaissance astronomer this fall in 'Galileo'.

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Quote of the day by Galileo Galilei: 'The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from...' - life lessons on memory, observation and how we learn, remember and grow by the Father of Modern Science

Quote of the day by Galileo Galilei: Galileo Galilei's quote emphasizes that external stimuli, particularly visual experiences and direct observation, are crucial for human memory and learning. He suggested that the mind retains information best when it's actively engaged by sensory input from the outside world, a principle still relevant…

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From Apollo to alien worlds: 4 'firsts' you can spot in the night sky tonight

From the first photographer star to the discovery of alien worlds, these night sky targets mark some of astronomy's greatest firsts.

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A hidden cloister in the center of Rome has a turbulent past etched on its walls

A quiet cloister behind a wooden door near Rome’s Pantheon offers calm meditation, while its frescoes reveal a turbulent past

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Thursday news quiz: gold bars, bare bones and a lonely bullied macaque

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

How long does it take the sun to rotate?

The time it takes for the sun to completely rotate depends where on the sun you are measuring.

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Chuck Schumer urges: declassify UFO docs

Trump has ordered declassifying of documents regarding the JFK assassination and more. Schumer says do UFOs next

Salon

Elon Musk jokingly says AI could potentially win the US Presidential election in 2032 while at the "Oscars of Science" ceremony

Elon Musk says there's no AI capable of telling the absolute truth, while listing truthfulness and curiosity among the key factors that should be considered during training.

Windows Central

Perfect parabolas of spurting blood! Did Galileo teach Artemisia the science of gore?

Her savage masterpiece Judith Beheading Holofernes shows in gruesome detail what happens when a man is butchered alive. But how did Gentileschi manage to be so accurate? Our writer explores a centuries-old mystery

The Guardian - UK

When Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter

On January 7, 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei spotted three points of light that he later confirmed to be Jupiter’s moons. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at a discovery that led to the development of modern astronomy…

The Hindu

Bringing classical physics into the modern world with Galileo's Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment

If you drop a light object and a heavy object from a tower, which one reaches the ground first? As you may recall from high school physics, this is a trick question. Neglecting air resistance, they both fall the same way and reach the ground at the same time –…

The Conversation

Poem of the week: Losing Galileo by Olga Dermott-Bond

Reflections on the pioneering astronomer find an unexpected contemporary relevance

The Guardian - UK

The moon, Saturn and Jupiter provide a Thanksgiving skywatching feast

A waxing gibbous moon, Saturn and Jupiter make inviting targets for skywatchers this Thanksgiving.

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Celebrate 400 years of moon maps for Apollo 11's anniversary (gallery)

The Library of Congress has 400 years of moon maps from around the world. Explore the moon in centuries of maps to celebrate the first-ever human moon landing in 1969.

Daily Mirror

NASA unveils stellar photos of 50 baby stars being born that will leave you 'awestruck'

NASA has released stunning photos showing baby stars in a cloud complex 390 light-years away. All of the young stars appear to be no bigger than the sun

The Independent UK

Trump is a modern Galileo whose ‘crackpot’ ideas turn out to be true, his lawyers claim in Twitter ban case

‘Most people once believed these to be crackpot ideas. But crackpot ideas sometimes turn out to be true’

Tribune News Service

University of Michigan's prized Galileo document is a fake. Here's how it was discovered

DETROIT — A Galileo Galilei document that has been one of the University of Michigan library's treasures turned out to be a forgery, a development that an expert on the famed 15th-century Italian astronomer has praised the university for acknowledging.

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The Guardian - UK

French kings, a Tammy teaser and no one-trick pony – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

The Guardian - US

Treasured Galileo manuscript is a forgery, University of Michigan says

Detective work by academic revealed supposed letter and notes by astronomer from 1610 were work of a 20th-century Italian forger

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What is the speed of light?

The speed of light puts a speed limit on matter, lets us peer back into the history of our universe, and has deep implications for physics and space travel.

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So, did Isaac Newton really discover gravity?

An Indian minister recently brought gravity into the limelight when social media made fun of him for his apparent ignorance about who discovered gravity. I’m going to be provocative and question the premise behind the question of whether gravity was indeed discovered. I am sure most people would doubt my…

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How to build your own basic telescope at home

A do-it-yourself Galilean telescope makes an excellent and inexpensive starter telescope — or science fair project.

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