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Take a good star-lit summer night and lay on your back out in the lawn. You’ll see a lot of stars up there. At one time, when I was a ...
Within a decade of finishing his studies, Kepler sent the famed astronomer Tycho Brahe a copy of his first book, Mysterium Cosmographicum (1597).
Tycho Brahe was certainly not one of those who have been without honor in their own generation. Brahe was descended from a Swedish family which had settled in Denmark.
We talk to Scott Hansen, the creative electronic music force known as Tycho, in advance of his live ensemble's performance at the House of Blues on Tuesday, January 21.
A colossal lake larger than any on Earth has been discovered on Mars, potentially providing clues to the Red Planet's ancient watery past and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
Astronomer Tycho Brahe studied alchemy in addition to the stars. Researchers analyzed the elements from his lab and were surprised to find tungsten.
Scientists analyzed artifacts from Tycho Brahe’s lab and found tungsten, an element unknown in his time, rewriting our understanding of historical alchemy.
Archaeology & History Renaissance Alchemist’s Lab Yields Surprising Element Artifacts from Tycho Brahe's laboratory were found to contain an element not described until 180 years after his death.
A chemical mystery lurks in the laboratory of Tycho Brahe, one of the most famous astronomers of all time. Scientists found tungsten in Brahe's lab, and they're not sure how it got there.
ODENSE, DENMARK—Chemistry World reports that fragments of glass and ceramics taken from the possible area of Tycho Brahe’s laboratory have been analyzed by Kaare Lund Rasmussen of the ...