Sir Isaac Newton–he of “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” fame– was a polymath who excelled in math, physics, astronomy, alchemy, and theology.

This year marks 350 years since The Royal Observatory in Greenwich was founded. Take a look at five astronomically great ...

The comet was last seen in Earth's skies in 1986, Halley’s orbit period is on average, 76 Earth years. This corresponds to an ...

You will be accompanied throughout by astronomy journalist Stuart Clarke ... over the optical and near-infrared regimes) and the Isaac Newton Telescope (transferred from Herstmonceux Castle ...

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's responsible for the orbits of the planets and their satellites, but there ...

Sir Isaac Newton — he of "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" fame — was a polymath who excelled in ...

Mary Somerville was a brilliant polymath who found time to correct the work of Isaac Newton whilst looking ... across a range of disciplines – maths, astronomy, botany, geography – became ...

Fruton Professor in the astronomy and physics departments at ... of Cambridge in the U.K. to study astrophysics through the Isaac Newton Fellowship. While completing her doctorate at Cambridge ...

Humans have always enjoyed testing their wits with puzzles and riddles, long before modern IQ tests were invented. One of the earliest puzzle collections appeared in 1704 in the periodical ‘’The ...

At the end of a lecture on astronomy, describing how the planets ... matter obeys the laws of motion described by Sir Isaac Newton. Chief among them is the law of inertia, upon which all others ...

These groundbreaking observations challenged the geocentric model of the universe and laid the foundation for modern astronomy. Over the next few centuries, telescopes evolved significantly. Isaac ...