"Galileo Galilei (1564–1642 ... where he made a series of astonishing discoveries that forever altered our perception of the universe. On Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo discovered the moons of Jupiter ...

Galileo Galilei is arguably the most important scientist to ever live. He perfected the first telescopes, turned them toward the Universe and what he discovered changed the course of history forever.

But did you know that the painter Artemisia Gentileschi was pen pals with the astronomer Galileo Galilei ... He made key discoveries about space including Jupiter’s four largest moons, the ...

This season’s example is Philip Glass’s “Galileo Galilei” (2002), a chamber ... revolves around the stationary sun; at his early discoveries (mechanics, the refracting telescope); and ...