The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has announced the signing of a new contract to launch second-generation Galileo satellites with Europe's Ariane 6 rocket launcher.

In the course of his life, Galileo clashed with other philosophers and religious figures who were committed to the geocentric ...

An atmospheric study reveals unexpected findings about our largest neighboring planet and the structure of its deep atmosphere.

There’s no mistaking Jupiter in the sky these winter evenings, rising in the southeast as evening twilight ends. In fact, you should be able to easily see it long before twilight fades. Jupiter is ...

Galileo Galilei, the renowned Italian astronomer and physicist, made groundbreaking contributions to science in the 16th and ...

A tour of the Galileo Museum invites a reflection on the scientist from Pisa, who went on to transform humanity's conception ...

Galileo Galilei was the most brilliant astronomer of his time, armed with a telescope and an obsession with truth. In the ...