# Newton's Birthday: Gravity's Gift to the Stars
Published: December 25, 2025
Duration: 1:31
# This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast.
Good evening, stargazers! I'm thrilled to be with you on this Christmas evening, and boy do we have a celestial tale to tell you about December 25th!
On this very date in 1642, the legendary astronomer **Isaac Newton was born** in Woolsthorpe, England. Now, you might be thinking, "Wait, that's physics, not astronomy!" But oh my friend, you couldn't be more wrong. Newton's monumental contributions quite literally shaped our understanding of the cosmos itself!
This absolute titan of science gave us the law of universal gravitation – the principle that ex...
Good evening, stargazers! I'm thrilled to be with you on this Christmas evening, and boy do we have a celestial tale to tell you about December 25th!
On this very date in 1642, the legendary astronomer **Isaac Newton was born** in Woolsthorpe, England. Now, you might be thinking, "Wait, that's physics, not astronomy!" But oh my friend, you couldn't be more wrong. Newton's monumental contributions quite literally shaped our understanding of the cosmos itself!
This absolute titan of science gave us the law of universal gravitation – the principle that ex...