In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects.

On July 30, 1610, the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei became the first to observe rings around the planet Saturn. Shortly after the telescope was invented in 1608, Galileo peered out into the ...

Saturn’s rings are made up of 99.9% water ice, ... Even thoughGalileo Galilei first observed Saturn’s rings disappearing in ...

Adapted from an essay by Saswato R. Das on Galileo's contribution to science. Galileo Galilei, born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy, is considered by many to be the father of modern science.

Galileo Galilei identified four of Jupiter's orbiting moons, examined Saturn, observed the varying phases of Venus, and scrutinized sunspots on the surface of the sun. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) 4.

Galileo Galilei, renowned Italian astronomer, made the first recorded observations of Saturn back in the 17th century. He saw what he thought were “ears” protruding from the planet due to the ...

Galileo Galilei, the first person to study Saturn through a telescope, was the first to see this. It shocked him profoundly. When he initially turned his instrument on Saturn, in July 1610, he ...