Galileo Galilei

Large Binocular Telescope shows a lava lake on Jupiter's moon Io more

A man of many talents, Galileo Galilei was a pugnacious and committed scientist who achieved world renown even in his own day more

How the mathematics professor Galileo became a passionate telescope builder and enthusiastic sky watcher more

The Copernican worldview has prevailed - not, however, Galileo’s theory of the tides. more

Interview with Max Planck Director Jürgen Renn on the importance of the Italian scholar who was born 450 years ago more

The construction of the 100-metre radio telescope four decades ago bears witness to the fine art of engineering more