In November 1572, a brilliant new star appeared in the constellation Cassiopeia, shining so brightly that it was visible during the day. Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe carefully documented this ...

International scientists have uncovered new clues about the supernova remnant called Tycho. The findings shed light on how conditions in the shock waves caused by titantic stellar explosions – known ...

Scientists have a reputation for being boring and nerdy, but this astronomer smashed through these stereotypes. Tycho Brahe lived a life as large as the universe. From its privileged beginning to its ...

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 ...

While Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is best known for his celestial discoveries made in the 16th century — before the invention of the telescope — he was also an alchemist who brewed secret medicines ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A portrait of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, ca. 1590, overlaid on one of his diagrams of the sky ...

In Astronomy's 2022 list of the 20 greatest astronomers of all time, Associate Editor Michael Bakich ranked Tycho Brahe No. 2, second only to Galileo, noting: "Danish astronomer Tyge (Tycho) Ottesen ...

Two years after Tycho Brahe was exhumed from his grave in Prague, chemical analyses of his corpse show that mercury poisoning did not kill the prolific 16th-century astronomer. The results should put ...

The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was the most accomplished scientist in sixteenth-century Europe. Using only astronomical equipment that relied on the naked eye—the telescope hadn’t been invented yet ...

Researchers performing chemical analyses of pottery and glass shards recovered from the laboratory of Danish astronomer and alchemist Tycho Brahe, have found concentrations of nickel, copper, mercury, ...