While carrying out an underwater excavation project near the shoreline of Poland's Lake Lednica, archaeologists made an ...

Using ground-penetrating radar, researchers discovered an underground chamber containing a 500-year-old compass near Copernicus’ burial site. The compass resembles the one often depicted with ...

Archaeologists uncovered an ancient carved wooden mask in Lake Lednica, Poland, offering rare insight into early Slavic ...

Excavation in the town of Frombork conducted by an archaeology organization discovered a rare-find compass that dates back 500 years and could have been used by Copernicus.

Clarified: How Copernicus fought censorship over 500 years ago Get to know the accomplishments of the 'the father of astronomy' on his 550th birthday.

Nicolaus Copernicus was the man who developed the celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system, which was a complete ...

A 500-year-old compass thought to have belonged to astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus has been found in a castle in Poland. The compass, made of copper-alloy, was found by amateur archaeologists, who ...

Feb. 19, 2023, marks the 550th anniversary of the birth of a man that changed modern science forever, Nicolaus Copernicus. His observations drastically altered the way we see ourselves in the ...

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 ...