Why Delhi’s Copernicus Marg is named after astronomer who influenced Galileo Galilei & Johannes Kepler; What is his India connect?Copernicus Marg in New Delhi honours Nicolaus Copernicus, a European scientist. He proposed the Sun-centered universe model. This road's na...
06 Apr, 2026, 03.28 PM IST
Quote of the day by Nicolaus Copernicus: "Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars".Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who changed how people understand space. He introduced the heliocentric model, which says the S...
12 Mar, 2026, 11.49 PM IST
Quote of the Day by Galileo Galilei: "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."Galileo Galilei’s quote, "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them” reminds us that unders...
08 Mar, 2026, 01.22 AM IST
Quote of the day by Nicolaus Copernicus: ‘To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what…’Nicolaus Copernicus, a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer, changed our view of the universe. He proposed the Sun, not Earth, is at th...
04 Mar, 2026, 12.06 PM IST
Quote of the day by Galileo Galilei: 'All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered..'Galileo Galilei, a groundbreaking Italian scholar, revolutionized science. He championed observational astronomy and the scientific method....
23 Feb, 2026, 03.19 PM IST
Earth Has a “Second Moon” (Sort Of): The Science of Mini-MoonsEarth's cosmic neighbourhood is more dynamic than imagined, hosting temporary 'mini-moons' captured by gravity and 'quasi-moons' in resonan...
21 Feb, 2026, 04.54 PM IST
Quote of the day by Nicolaus Copernicus: 'Don't be so enamoured by own opinions that you disregard what others think...'Nicolaus Copernicus is remembered not only for proposing the heliocentric model that transformed humanity’s understanding of the universe, ...
23 Jan, 2026, 08.33 PM IST
Quote of the day by Galileo Galilei: 'All truths are easy to understand once they are...'Quote of the day by Galileo Galilei: Galileo Galilei, a pioneer of modern science, highlighted that understanding truths is simple after di...
04 Jan, 2026, 12.40 PM IST
Quote of the day by Isaac Newton: 'Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things'Sir Isaac Newton, a towering figure of the Scientific Revolution, profoundly changed our understanding of the universe. His groundbreaking ...
26 Dec, 2025, 04.56 PM IST
Quote of the day by Galileo Galilei: 'I do not believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has...'The quote highlights Galileo Galilei’s belief that reason and observation are divine gifts meant to be used, not suppressed. Written in 161...
20 Dec, 2025, 09.27 AM IST
Earth’s new Quasi-Moon might be a Russian satellite; Why this Harvard astrophysicist thinks so and what is its Venus connectionProfessor Avi Loeb suggests Earth's new quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, might be a relic of the 1960s Soviet space race. His research indicates its o...
28 Oct, 2025, 02.17 PM IST
Origin story of our universe: James Webb Space Telescope's surprising discoveries prompt rethinking of cosmosThe James Webb Space Telescope has provided data that challenges the standard model of cosmology, particularly in relation to the formation...
10 Sep, 2023, 11.00 AM IST
People blame Mercury 'in retrograde' as the cause behind all their problems. But what does it actually mean?It seems a bit rough that we blame Mercury for all our problems three to four times a year when it's in retrograde. But what does it mean w...
09 May, 2023, 08.43 AM IST
Wikipedia information on global warming unreliable: studyWikipedia entries on controversial topics such as global warming can be unreliable due to information sabotage, a new study has claimed.
16 Aug, 2015, 02.42 PM IST
Google celebrates Nicolaus Copernicus' 540th birthday with heliocentric model doodleCopernicus' is remembered for his heliocentric theory that proved Sun as the centre of the solar system and not Earth.
19 Feb, 2013, 02.19 PM IST
The power of ordinary peopleHere's something forwarded to this writer recently by the artist Thomas M Easley: "Put another way and more precisely, the fight between sc...
14 Jul, 2009, 02.05 AM IST