He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae.

Dec 23, 2025 · Johannes Kepler, German astronomer who discovered three major laws of planetary motion. His discoveries turned Nicolaus Copernicus’s Sun-centered system into a dynamic universe, …

May 2, 2011 · Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) is one of the most significant representatives of the so-called Scientific Revolution of the 16 th and 17 th centuries.

Sep 21, 2025 · The Kepler space telescope was NASA’s first planet-hunting mission, assigned to search a portion of the Milky Way galaxy for Earth-sized planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.

Aug 30, 2023 · Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a German astronomer and mathematician most famous for creating what was up to that point the most accurate model of planetary astronomy with …

He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae.

Kepler's model to explain the relative distances of the planets from the Sun in the Copernican System. Except for Mercury, Kepler's construction produced remarkably accurate results.

Dec 22, 2023 · A biography of Johannes Kepler, from his troubled childhood to his mission to mathematically formalize Copernicus' heliocentric model by finding divine reasoning within the orbits …

Nov 11, 2025 · Kepler was not alone in believing that nature was a book in which the divine plan was written. He differed, however, in the original manner and personal intensity with which he believed …

5 days ago · What planet is most like Earth? Reseachers have identified several exoplanets similar to our planet, but none that are an exact twin. Learn how new technology could help aid in the search.