In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects.

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In 1609, about a year after an unknown author made the very first attempt to patent a telescope, Galileo Galilei designed and built his famous instrument: a tube of stacked magnifying lenses we'd ...

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1609: Refracting telescopes Image Title: “Galileo offering his telescope to three women (possibly Urania and attendants) seated on a throne; he is pointing toward the sky where some of his ...

When Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei heard rumors of the first practical telescope at the beginning of the 17th century, he was quick to craft his own version and turn it toward the heavens.

On this date, Jan. 7, 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter ...

Adapted from an essay by Saswato R. Das on Galileo's contribution to science. Galileo Galilei, born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy, is considered by many to be the father of modern science.