German astronomer Johannes Kepler made sketches of sunspots in 1607 from his observations of the sun’s surface — and centuries later, the pioneering drawings are helping scientists solve a ...

And the idea was only 28 years old when Johannes Kepler was born on December 27, 1571, in Weil der Stadt, Württemberg, a town in modern-day Germany.

Lessons From An Old Visionary: Johannes Kepler : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture Of the patriarchs of science, Kepler is the least known. This injustice should be rectified, for Kepler not only taught us ...

Scientists decode Johannes Kepler’s 417-year-old sunspot drawings, solving a long-standing mystery about solar cycles and the grand solar minimum.

A testament to the collection’s exclusivity, even its base model, the Johannes Kepler High Pede Serpentari Limited Edition 39 ($48,130), is restricted to just 39 examples worldwide.

It was not Galileo Galilei or Thomas Harriot but Johannes Kepler who left the earliest datable sunspot drawing. An international team led by Nagoya University in Japan has made a significant ...

Here are 10 things you need to know about Johannes Kepler: 1. Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 in Weil der Stadt near Stuttgart in modern day Germany, and died on November 15, 1630, aged 58.

1604: Johannes Kepler first lays eyes on the star that will eventually bear his name. It is the last confirmed supernova to be observed in our galaxy. The German astronomer was not the first to ...

Scientists analyzed famed astronomer Johannes Kepler’s 1607 sketches of sunspots to solve a mystery about the sun’s solar cycle that has persisted for centuries.