After catching wind of Galileo’s beliefs, the cardinals of the Inquisition convened and decided to condemn Copernicus’ work in 1616. Galileo was ordered not to “actively promote Copernican ideas,” but ...

The university will present the recently restored 17th-century "Works of Galileo Galilei" on Thursday evening at the ...

Men in power, desperately clinging to control, influence and concentrate wealth by denying science and social change- shocking! Couldn’t happen nowadays, right? In its world premiere at Berkeley Rep, ...

The musical, called “Galileo,” will star Raúl Esparza, and is scheduled to open in December at the Shubert Theater.

The classic image of Galileo Galilei has the 16th century Italian scientist dropping two balls of differing weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and observing them hitting the ground at the same ...

This day in History – 1633 – Galileo is charged with heresy by the Roman Catholic Church for claiming the Earth revolved around the Sun. Listen to The John Curley Show every weekday at 3pm on KIRO ...

A Galileo Galilei document that has been one of the University of Michigan library's treasures turned out to be a forgery, a development that an expert on the famed 15th century Italian astronomer has ...