But that didn't make him a bad Catholic, especially at a time when even the popes had illegitimate children. NARRATOR: Galileo himself had three illegitimate children. The eldest, Virginia ...

Galileo Galilei was born on Feb. 15, 1564. He died on Jan. 8, 1642. He was an Italian scientist and philosopher who is credited for establishing the importance of disinterested observation in all ...

Heilbron portrays Galileo as a child of the Renaissance, a man who saw the lunar mountains not only through the lens of his telescope and by the point of his compass but also in the context of ...

So according to this tradition, Galileo never tied the knot. That said, the academic was associated with a woman named Marina Gamba, with whom he raised three children: Virginia (born in 1600), Livia ...

On Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo discovered four moons revolving around Jupiter — a discovery that would change his life forever. These four moons are Jupiter’s largest satellites — lo, Europa ...

Galileo Galilei – often referred to just as Galileo – is someone who often needs no introduction. An Italian astronomer, physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Galileo was a polymath who ...