[Christiaan Huygens] was a pretty decent mathematician and scientist by the standards of the 17th century. However, the telescopes he built were considered to be relatively poor in quality for the ...

[Christiaan Huygens] was a pretty decent mathematician and scientist by the standards of the 17th century. However, the telescopes he built were considered to be relatively poor in quality for the … ...

The renowned Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens was probably nearsighted, a new study looking into the telescopes he built more than 300 years ago has found.

Scientists have found cell-like compartments called vesicles on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, which could form the precursors ...

When the probe — named Huygens, for the 17th century Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens who discovered that world — transmitted its first pictures, the painted moonscape clashed with the real ...

Christiaan Huygens built excellent lenses in the 17th century, but his telescopes lacked sharpness in comparison with what was possible at that time. In a recent study, Dr. Alex Pietrow ...

The Huygens probe has been riding piggyback all along, waiting for its time to come. Its sole purpose is to execute a 2.5-hour dive through the thick, hazy atmosphere of Saturn’s giant moon, Titan.

Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), the great Dutch physicist, discovered Titan and collaborated with Cassini on many astronomical projects.

While recovering from an illness in 1665, Dutch astronomer and physicist Christiaan Huygens noticed something very odd. Two of the large pendulum clocks in his room were beating in unison, and ...

14:09, 21 May 2022 Updated 14:09, 21 May 2022 A book speculating about alien life was published more than 300 years ago by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens (Image: Hansons / SWNS) ...

The 2015 Christiaan Huygens Medal is awarded to Kristine M. Larson for her exceptionally innovative work to improve algorithms for high precision GPS data analysis. Kristine M. Larson has developed ...