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  • European Space Agency All that money still hasn't bought a convincing reason for Galileo's existence.

    Galileo's Open Tab 2011

  • Galileo's backers are still mulling the idea of charging shipping and engineering companies for access to a high-precision Galileo signal, though so far no groups have expressed an interest in paying for what they can get gratis.

    Galileo's Open Tab 2011

  • That's right, people all over the world are celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo's observations of the universe with a telescope this year, with the US kickoff happening this week in Long Beach, CA.

    Archive 2009-01-04 Nicole 2009

  • "This is equal to the burning of Galileo's books," Abdel-Hady said, referring to the Italian scientist whose work proposing that the earth revolved around the sun was believed to have been burned in protest in the 17th century.

    Cairo institute burned during clashes 2011

  • Rick Perry agreed with initial opposition to Galileo's belief that the Earth wasn't the center of the universe when he said: "Just because you have a group of scientists that have stood up and said here is the fact—Galileo got outvoted for a spell."

    Corrections & Amplifications 2011

  • That's right, people all over the world are celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo's observations of the universe with a telescope this year, with the US kickoff happening this week in Long Beach, CA.

    New Year Round-up! Nicole 2009

  • Back in Galileo's time, you had politicians, religious leaders, and scientists telling everyone that the world was flat!

    Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

  • Back in Galileo's time, you had politicians, religious leaders, and scientists telling everyone that the world was flat!

    Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

  • After going missing 100 years ago, Galileo's missing fingers were found at an auction.

    King Kong armature (link roundup) 2009

  • Last year saw an excellent collection of novels including Anathem, Galileo's Dream, Julian Comstock and several others.

    WINNER: 2010 Arthur C. Clarke Award 2010

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