Galileo Galilei is arguably the most important scientist to ever live. He perfected the first telescopes, turned them toward ...

Galileo was the first person to use a telescope to observe the stars in 1609. His first astronomical discovery was that the moon had mountains, valleys and other characteristics just as does the ...

The celebrated English scientist Sir Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643, in a small village in England named ...

Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking ...