Recent findings from an archaeological dig on the island of Ven, where Brahe's Uraniborg complex once stood, have shed light on this secretive aspect of his work. Researchers discovered glass and ...

And Brahe himself wrote that the king was eager to support the scientist’s work in both astronomy and alchemy. A portrait of Tycho Brahe shows the brass prosthetic the astronomer wore after ...

Tycho Brahe is best known as a Danish Renaissance astronomer. But he was also a bit of an alchemist, and a first-ever analysis on shards found at his former home from the 1500s has shed some light ...

Scientists analyzed artifacts from Tycho Brahe’s lab and found tungsten, an element unknown in his time, rewriting our understanding of historical alchemy.

Tycho Brahe, an astronomer, studied alchemy to help make medical elixirs. Researchers found traces of tungsten in shards of glass and ceramic from his laboratory. Tungsten wouldn't be isolated for ...

But not everyone loved Brahe’s “castle of Urania,” as historian Violet Moller reports in “Inside the Stargazer’s Palace,” an entertaining survey of the facilities used by 15th and 16th ...