Giovanni Cassini was born in Perinaldo, in what is now Italy, on June 8, 1625. Early work on Jupiter and Mars’ rotational periods and the positions of Jupiter’s satellites led to an invitation ...

Research has revealed that the crimson-hued spot visible today is, on average, larger than the one Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini espied for the first time in 1665 and called the “Permanent ...

Nine years later, Cassini offered up the first sheet of the map—created via the triangulation method his grandfather, Giovanni Domenico ... this fearmongering with facts. A study had also ...

On October 25, 1671, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered a new moon at ... Reddy openly challenges doubters 10 Interesting Facts About People Who Like to Be Alone FIRST LOOK ...

But how it formed and how old it is remain matters of debate. Astronomers in the 1600s, including Giovanni Cassini, also reported a similar spot in their observations of Jupiter that they dubbed ...

Some experts believed it was centuries old and first observed by Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini in the 17th century, while others thought the storm was more recent. Now, new research ...

In 1665, astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini observed a massive storm raging on Jupiter. It became known as the Great Red Spot, a swirling oval of clouds that’s almost twice as wide as Earth.

Sent by the French Academy of Sciences at the behest of astronomer Giovanni Cassini, part of their mission was to take a measurement that would reveal the distance between Earth and the sun—a ...

With so many interesting solar system facts, we've narrowed them down ... but Iapetus sometimes shines brightly enough to be spotted by Giovanni Cassini's telescope in the 1600s, and then dims ...

Read on for more facts about one of the most amazing planets ... In 1665, famed Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini observed a huge blemish south of Jupiter’s equator. This ‘Great Red Spot ...