PRAGUE — Some contend it was a crime of passion committed by a jealous king. Others insist it was murder inspired by professional rivalry between two celebrated astronomers. Or maybe it was a death by ...

A renowned astronomer met a gruesome end when his bladder ruptured during an extravagant banquet, preventing him from urinating and causing him excruciating pain. Tycho Brahe, celebrated for mapping ...

The bones of 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe were reburied today (Nov. 19) after nearly a week of analysis by archaeologists hoping to find clues to the celebrated Danish scientist's medical ...

Archeologists are exhuming the body of 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe from a tomb in Prague to solve long-standing mysteries over the famed Danish scientist's health and possibly, his death. The ...

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 ...

Astronomers have announced that a bright light in the sky noticed by a Danish man, Tycho Brahe, in 1572 was in fact a supernova. The light was so bright that it could be seen during the day for a ...

The results of this intensive work now make it possible to rule out mercury poisoning as a cause of death. In 2010, Tycho Brahe was exhumed from his grave in Prague, an event which received extensive ...

Those giants of astronomy, Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler, were both born in the 1500s. It’s never been clearly established how Tycho died, but there have been suspicions that the younger man, Kepler ...

PRAGUEPRAGUE — Astronomer Tycho Brahe uncovered some of the mysteries of the universe in the 16th century – and now modern-day scientists are delving into the mystery of his sudden death. On Monday, ...

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 ...

The bones of 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe werereburied today (Nov. 19) after nearly a week of analysis by archaeologistshoping to find clues to the celebrated Danish scientist's medical history ...

The bones of 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe were reburied Nov. 19 after nearly a week of analysis by archaeologists hoping to find clues to the celebrated Danish scientist's medical history and ...