Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German astronomer Johannes Kepler made sketches of sunspots in 1607 from his observations of the sun’s surface — and centuries ...

In 1607, Johannes Kepler projected an image of the Sun onto a piece of paper and spotted a dark smudge. He thought he was watching the planet Mercury cross our star. He was wrong. Without realizing it ...

(CNN) — German astronomer Johannes Kepler made sketches of sunspots in 1607 from his observations of the sun’s surface — and centuries later, the pioneering drawings are helping scientists solve a ...

Using modern techniques, researchers have re-examined Johannes Kepler's half-forgotten sunspot drawings and revealed previously hidden information about the solar cycles before the grand solar minimum ...

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(CNN) — German astronomer Johannes Kepler made sketches of sunspots in 1607 from his observations of the sun’s surface — and centuries later, the pioneering drawings are helping scientists solve a ...