Artifacts from the ruins of a medieval laboratory are spilling a famous scientist’s secrets. A chemical analysis of broken glassware belonging to 16th century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe revealed ...

Using data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), international researchers have uncovered new information about the Tycho supernova remnant, an exploded star in the constellation ...

Danish Tycho Brahe was most famous for his contributions to astronomy. However, he also had a well-equipped alchemical laboratory where he produced secret medicines for Europe's elite. In the Middle ...

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The remnants of a star whose explosion was found 450 years ago have been the subject of new research by a global team of experts. The findings offered fresh information regarding the circumstances ...

This image comes from a very deep Chandra observation of the Tycho supernova remnant, produced by the explosion of a white dwarf star in our Galaxy. Low-energy X-rays (red) in the image show expanding ...

In the Middle Ages, alchemists were notoriously secretive and didn’t share their knowledge with others. Danish Tycho Brahe was no exception. Consequently, we don’t know precisely what he did in the ...