THE results of the ‘Copernican Revolution’ have been well described by historians of science. Less has been said about the origins of this revolution; that is, the problems and facts leading ...

Far back in 1508, with only limited tools at his disposal, Nicolaus Copernicus developed a celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system, which he described in his landmark work De ...

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 ...

Byeeee byeeee This film shows how Nicolaus Copernicus; an early astronomer, scientist and priest in Poland, thought the sun was at the centre of the solar system. This theory was known as the ...

February marks the third consecutive month of historically low sea ice levels, raising concerns over accelerating climate change.