16th century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus can finally rest in peace now that his body has been positively identified through the miracles of modern science. A body thought to be that of the (very) late...
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"Tokyo (ANTARA News) - A bookseller is offering a rare first edition of Nicolaus Copernicus' revolutionary book on the solar system at a Tokyo fair.
Price: 1.5 million dollars. Credit cards accepted.
The book, published in 1543 and entitled in Latin "De Revolutionibus Orbium...
"A fierce backlash has begun against the decision by astronomers to strip Pluto of its status as a planet.
On Thursday, experts approved a definition of a planet that demoted Pluto to a lesser category of object....
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"PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.
After a...
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