This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Far back in 1508, with only limited tools at his disposal, Nicolaus ...

Prologue: The ambiguous dream of Western civilization The idea of Western civilization has always been an ambiguous dream ...

It's common knowledge that Nicolaus Copernicus was a great astronomer. He developed the heliocentric theory, which brought about a revolution in the world of science. From that moment, the way people ...

Innovative scanners, 24-karat gold, and a meteorite from 4.5 billion years ago – that’s what was used to produce the newest edition of Nicolaus Copernicus’ autograph manuscript On the Revolutions of ...

Mercury appearing to go backward proves that the revolutionary heliocentric model of Nicolaus Copernicus in 1543 was correct. So, no, Mercury Retrograde will not affect you—you are free to ...

A development which arose in the early sixteenth century with the cosmological discoveries of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). Copernicus, going against the current belief that the Earth was ...

Astronomers from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun have discovered a new planet in the constellation of the Great Bear. It has a mass as much as 11 times that of Jupiter, orbits its star ...

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Named for Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, the Copernicus Science Centre is where budding scientists can learn more about topics like electricity, light and engineering. In addition to hands ...

This film shows how Nicolaus Copernicus; an early astronomer, scientist and priest in Poland, thought the sun was at the centre of the solar system. This theory was known as the heliocentric model.

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Far back in 1508, with only limited tools at his disposal, Nicolaus ...