Copernicus, a Polish astronomer who lived in the 16th century, is believed to be one of the early European scientists to have put forward the theoretical model that the sun was the center of the solar ...

As observations of the motions of the planets became more detailed, the descriptions of the Solar System had to get very complex in order to keep the Earth at the centre. Nicolas Copernicus (1473 ...

Until the likes of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo came along ... we now have a good understanding of our Solar System. From the one with the ears, to the 11 year old girl that gave one of them ...

Yafang Cheng from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry receives the award for her achievements in understanding atmospheric aerosols and their effects on air quality, public health, and climate.

Correlating the two cosmological models, the study suggests Copernicus was heavily influenced by Ibn al-Shatir's astronomy and his ideas that the Earth and other solar planets orbit the sun. "Ibn ...

Ibn-al-shatir's lunar model from which Copernicus is reported to have borrowed in composing his cosmological model. Credit: This work is in the public domain in the United States. New research has ...

Ibn-al-shatir's lunar model from which Copernicus is reported to have borrowed in composing his cosmological model. Credit: ...

Ibn-al-shatir's lunar model from which Copernicus is reported to have borrowed in composing his cosmological model. Credit: https://www.ccvalg.pt/astronomia/historia ...