In sync with the International Year of Astronomy, which marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo's discoveries, ... where the tomb lies, is refusing the researchers access to Galileo's remains.

The museum director revealed the thumb and middle finger from Galileo's right hand had turned up at an auction and were recognised as being the fingers of the scientist who died in 1642.

Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century have been found again. ... opposite the tomb of Michelangelo, ...

Pope Benedict XVI has paid tribute to 17th-Century astronomer Galileo Galilei, whose scientific theories once drew the wrath of the Catholic Church. The Pope was speaking at events marking the 400th ...

Galileo Galilei, born in Pisa in 1564, ... opposite the tomb of Michelangelo. "My wish is that at some stage those fingers and tooth will be placed with him in his grave," said Bruschi.

EU bureaucrats backed by Germany are trying to oust Britain from the Galileo satellite project, it was claimed last night. Attempts to deny the UK access to the security system, which has key milit… ...