Data from the Kepler project has confirmed a new world that fulfills the telescope's goal of locating Earth-sized planets ...

In Astronomy's 2022 list of the 20 greatest astronomers of all time, Associate Editor Michael Bakich put Johannes Kepler, born Dec. 27, 1571, in Germany, at No. 3. He was ranked behind only his ...

German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) once hypothesized that the universe began on April 27, 4977 B.C., according to History.com. The Big Bang theory did not develop until the 20th century, ...

Space scientists have released jaw-dropping scenes capturing a star’s violent death — recorded over more than two and a half decades.

Historical observations by Tycho Brahe (1572) and Johannes Kepler (1604) documented the transient appearance of "new stars," later identified as supernovae, which profoundly challenged prevailing ...

A new video shows the evolution of Kepler's Supernova Remnant using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over ...

Introduction : astronomy before Kepler -- Kepler's early life -- Graz (1594-1600), the mystery of the universe -- Kepler and Tycho -- Prague (1600-1612), the new astronomy -- Prague, many new things - ...