Scientist celebrated today for changing our view of the universe. Aug. 25, 2009 — -- Who invented the telescope? Not Galileo. Who first pointed it at the heavens? Again, it wasn't Galileo. So ...

Galileo Galilei is recognized as one of the most important scientists in history. He perfected the first telescopes and his ...

Galileo Galilei was the most brilliant astronomer of his time, armed with a telescope and an obsession with truth. In the early 1600s, he confirmed what others had only theorized: Earth revolved ...

Hans Lippershey's ingenious spyglass -- Galileo's new window on the heavens -- Johannes Kepler, the nearsighted wizard -- Isaac Newton's reflecting telescope -- William Herschel's giant reflectors -- ...