Researchers discovered a 500-year-old compass in a hidden chamber in Frombork, Poland, possibly used by Copernicus, shedding light on his astronomical work.

Though 16th-century convictions stated that all heavenly bodies orbit our home planet, Copernicus toppled Earth’s celestial supremacy with the heliocentric model of our solar system.

Orb: On The Movement Of The Earth follows the story of multiple protagonists as they try to change the world with their Heliocentric model, devising ways to elude the church and preserve their ...

The paper discusses Tycho Brahe’s geo-heliocentric system, arguing that it represents a good instance of a failed synthesis. First, the Author analyzes the physical and metaphysical principles ...