DCist (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Photo by Bullneck The Catholic Church is shaking things up these days, huh? The same Church that silenced Galileo Galilei has acknowledged that aliens could maybe exist . Further, the Church says that xenomorphs might not require redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ. The Catholic Church is only talking astrobiology in theoretical terms right now, but what's preventing the Vatican from launching...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The tooth, thumb and finger of the much celebrated Italian scientist Galileo Galilei were discovered by an art collector, announced Italy’s History of Science Museum on Friday.Scientists and historians took these parts, along with another finger and a vertebrae, during a burial ceremony in 1642, nearly a century after his death, reported Reuters.For those 95 years after his death, church authorities...
Physorg (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
(AP) -- Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei’s corpse in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, a Florence museum said Friday.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
David Horton: You're no Galileo So next time you are on a thread where some denialist claims to be the new Galileo (or Copernicus), say "I knew Galileo Galilei, Galileo Galilei was a friend of mine, and you, Sir, are no Galileo Galilei." Then point out that James Hansen is the new Copernicus.
Bibliobibuli (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
If you go home, turn on the laptop, the TV – almost anything could be reported. The world has become a science fiction novel, everything's changing so quickly. Science fiction turns out to be the realism of our time, which is very satisfying. ... Depending what we do in next 20 years, it's very hard to be plausible, to say this is what's going to happen. At that point you can't write science...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The novelist tells Alison Flood about time travel, Galileo and why SF writers aren't prophets any more As his publisher Jane Johnson, an author herself, puts the finishing touches to a roast chicken in the kitchen, Kim Stanley Robinson – Stan – tries to explain his new theory of time travel, worked out for his latest novel, Galileo's Dream. "Time is strangely braided. I see Jane today,...
Cosmic Variance (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Galileo Galilei pointed a telescope at the heavens, and revolutionized our conception of Earth’s place in the Universe. Now you can do the same thing! In conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy, replicas of Galileo’s telescope are now available. For the low price of $20, you can marvel at the moons circling Jupiter, be [...]
MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of alien life. Galileo Galilei - Earth - Extraterrestrial life - Astronomy - UFOs
Scientific American (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The astronomical discoveries made by Galileo Galilei in the 17th century have secured his place in scientific lore, but a lesser known aspect of the Italian astronomer's life is his role as a father. [More]
The Society Blog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
By John Berling Hardy When the Catholic Church was first faced with evidence that the planets of the solar system travelled round the Sun and not the earth they were faced with a choice. To accept the revolutionary but nonetheless accurate theory propounded by the Florentine Galileo Galilei, or to reject it and cling to their own outdated vision of the world. They chose the latter. These days we look...
Scientific American (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
A look at the legacy of Galileo Galilei, 400 years after the Italian astronomer turned his spyglass to the heavens [More]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Four hundred years ago, Galileo Galilei fashioned a telescope from eyeglass lenses and a piece of lead pipe and used it to change humanity's perception of its place in the universe. He discovered that Jupiter had its own moons, and that our moon had its own mountains and valleys. He was the first to see that the Milky Way was made of millions of stars.
Universe Today (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
A collage of 21-day old Moons, sketched by Galileo, (left), an image from Jane Houston Jones' telescope, center, and Jane's sketch, right. Amateur astronomers have different ways of documenting their observing sessions, such as taking astrophotos or keeping a logbook. Others, like Jane Houston Jones, employ an age-old method used by Galileo Galilei himself: they [...]
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