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Behind the viral selfie location of Saint Ignatius is a 350-year-old story of an optical illusion

The church of Saint Ignatius in Rome (or San Ignazio) has become a viral selfie location. Tourists have been queuing out the doors for a chance to take a selfie in a mirror that reflects the church’s richly painted ceiling.

The Conversation

These 17th-century drawings of the sun by Kepler add fire to solar cycle mystery

Earth was cooler than usual in the 16th and 17th centuries and scientists are still trying to figure out why. New analysis of sunspot drawings by Kepler, in 1607, may shed some light.

Space

Planets' striking gravitational dance

Exoplanets, or planets outside the solar system, show striking examples of resonance

Salon

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Space-inspired baby names are set to be popular in 2024 - but do you think they’re out of this world?

These astronomy-related names are expected to rise in popularity this year at the expense of some classic names as parents aim to give their children a head start in the sciences

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Johannes Kepler: Everything you need to know

A biography of Johannes Kepler, from his troubled childhood to his mission to mathematically formalize Copernicus' heliocentric model by finding divine reasoning within the orbits of the planets.

Space

The Webb Telescope Peered Deep Inside a Nearby Supernova Remnant

SN 1987A was the closest seen in modern times, and created a unique opportunity for astronomers to view one in action. JWST is giving it a new look.

Inverse

Dracula may have wept blood: study

From George Orwell to Vlad the Impaler, this novel form of analytical chemistry is enhancing how we view history

Salon

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Critical Letters Are True Friendship

In reading for my festschrift essay for John Witte ("The Influence of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on the Common Law"), I ran across this fascinating paragraph by Anthony Grafton on how Johannes Kepler didn't publish a monograph on chronology (i.e., the study of historical dates) but instead developed his scholarship…

Reason

The forgotten maths genius who laid the foundations for Isaac Newton

A new play explores the short life of Jeremiah Horrocks, whose astonishing discoveries ‘changed the way we see the universe’

The Guardian - UK

A hymn to the stars: what happens when science puts the universe into music

A little over six months ago, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) delivered its first photographs, dazzling the world as it revealed the cosmos in glorious technicolour. The first picture transmitted in July showed a galaxy cluster located in the Southern hemisphere sky, 5.12 billion light years from Earth. In…

The Conversation

Perihelion: What is it and when does it occur?

Perihelion is the point at which an orbiting body is closest to the sun. The word comes from Greek and literally means around (peri) the sun (helios).

Space

Friday essay: empathy or division? On the science and politics of storytelling

Writers can’t always be trusted when they talk about the power and importance of story. We have a vested interest and can get sentimental, promoting the immense power of story, of narrative, as inherently benign.

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