Archaeologists in northern Poland have uncovered a finely crafted, 500‑year‑old navigational instrument that may once have sat in the hands of Nicolaus Copernicus, the astronomer who moved Earth from ...

A group of volunteers and museum staff assembled on the lawn of a historic building in Poland. Their task was relatively simple: take radar scans and do a test excavation. But what they found ...

A bronze compass, possibly used by one of history’s greatest astronomers, was recently uncovered during an archaeological dig in northern Poland. This rare find, made near the remains of a ...

In 1508, Nicolaus Copernicus developed a celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system that transformed the way we view the universe. This bold theory, contrary to the geocentric model favored ...

Excavations near the residence of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus uncovered a rare 16th century measuring tool, or compass, a museum said. Google Street View June 2019 ...