Instruments of revolution can appear deceivingly simple. With a bit of wood, copper wire and paper, Galileo fashioned a telescope that opened the skies for discovery. Now, for the first time ever ...

A fair amount of the interest, doubtless, was prompted by Google itself, which celebrated the "400th Anniversary of Galileo's Telescope" with a graphic on its homepage.

On particularly clear and still nights, large telescopes will give wondrous views of the Galilean satellites moving in front of Jupiter’s caramel- and cream-colored cloud bands.

The two-volume edition of "Opere di Galileo Galilei" is one of only 11 of Galilei's works known to exist today, according to BGSU's Center for Archival Collections.

In the centuries since Galileo, telescopes have significantly grown in size and capabilities, with advanced telescopes now in observatories scattered across the globe.

The focus for the Galilean Nights is on the observations made by the Italian astronomer Galileo 400 years ago, including those of Jupiter and the Moon, which will be well-positioned in the night ...

A three-foot telescope used by the Italian astronomer Galileo, whose discoveries revolutionized astronomy, is the main attraction at an exhibition at the Franklin Institute.

But the star of the show is the 3-foot-long telescope, a humble-looking wooden tube with Galileo's own handwriting at one end noting the magnifying power of the lens.It's unknown whether this ...

Nothing gets quite close to the telescope Galileo devised and built. Taking the first spot on the list of Galileo’s 5 biggest accomplishments is the telescope he based on other already available ...

You'd be expecting me to start with Galileo here, right? Well, no. Galileo was the first to use a telescope to make astronomical discoveries, but he was ...