Even with relatively limited magnification, Galileo revealed the Moon's mountainous peaks, low valleys, and craters. Additionally, Galileo observed Jupiter and noted the presence of a few ...

Well, any of us who has ever looked through a telescope could say the same, for the two principal types in use today were developed by giants: the refractor by Galileo and the reflector by Newton.

Galileo, which orbited Jupiter between 1995 and 2003, flew close to Europa several times, offering humanity its first ...

Less is known about Galileo himself, however. He had a background in art, often drawing and painting. This training helped him realize what he was observing in the heavens. Specifically, his ...

"This would directly link a specific asteroid in space to its source crater on the Moon and suggests the existence of more small asteroids composed of lunar material yet to be discovered in near ...

A second, smaller space rock smashed into the sea off the coast of West Africa creating a large crater during the same era. It would have been a “catastrophic event”, the scientists say ...

The discovery of what seems to be a second impact crater on the other side of the Atlantic, of a very similar age, is raising these questions. It's not as big as the one we know at Chicxulub in ...

A satellite image of Gosses Bluff Crater located near the centre of Australia. The 22-km wide crater ... [+] is believed to have been created by an impact around 142 million years ago. Geological ...

An unexploded American bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no ...