Copernicus (1473-1543) was a Renaissance polymath who came up with the then-revolutionary theory that placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the centre of the universe.
Not a single painting of Copernicus was made in his lifetime and his only self-portrait was destroyed in a fire in 1597, according to Britain's Daily Mail newspaper.
Now scientists have reconstructed the face of Copernicus, almost five centuries after his death, the Daily Mail reported.
These images offer a glimpse of the astronomer as he would have looked at the time of his death at 70 in 1543, it said.
The face of Copernicus has been one of the enduring mysteries in the history of science, according to dailymail.co.uk.
To bring this mystery to a close, scientists have digitally reconstructed a face based on what is believed to be Copernicus' skull, the Daily Mail reported.
Last year, a variety of events took place across Poland to mark the 550th anniversary of Copernicus' birth and 480 years since his death, shortly after the publication of his ground-breaking treatise De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres).
The book, which laid down Copernicus' heliocentric theory, triggered what is known as the Copernican Revolution, a major event in the history of science.
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Source: dailymail.co.uk, pennews.substack.com