In the early 17th century, in a small German village, 71-year-old widow Katharina Kepler – mother to Johannes of the planetary-motion laws – is accused of witchcraft by Ursula Reinbold, “comely ...
This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Few things seem as immutable than the Sun—after all, it’s been fusing hydrogen for five billion years, and it’ll keep on ticking for about five ...