Polish archaeologists think the skulls and bones they excavated last year in a Polish church are very probably the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus, the father of modern astronomy. The excavating team ...

Archaeologists believe they have located the grave of 16th-century astronomer and solar-system proponent Nicolaus Copernicus in a Polish church, one of the scientists announced Thursday. Copernicus, ...

Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. The findings ...

FROMBORK, Poland — Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer whose findings were condemned by the Roman Catholic Church as heretical, was reburied by Polish priests as a hero on Saturday, ...

Nicolaus Copernicus pioneered the concept of a heliocentric solar system, right? Wrong. Many other astronomers—going back to Aristotle’s time—had proposed the theory. But Copernicus was the first to ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) --Polish archeologists believe they have located the grave of 16th-centuryastronomer and solar-system proponent Nicolaus Copernicus in a Polish church,one of the scientists ...