Editing 1672 in science (section)

==Astronomy==
* February 6 – [[Isaac Newton]] submits his first paper on [[optics]] to the [[Royal Society]] of London.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1432118#.YjjdwzjMJEY|title=A Letter of Mr. Isaac Newton, Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge; Containing His New Theory about Light and Colors: Sent by the Author to the Publisher from Cambridge, Febr. 6. 1671/72; In Order to be Communicated to the R. Society|journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society|location=London|date=1672-02-19|quote=The Original or primary colours are, Red, Yellow, Green, Blew, and a Violet-purple, together with Orange, Indico, and an indefinite variety of Intermediate gradations.}}</ref>
* December 23 – [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini|Giovanni Cassini]] discovers [[Rhea (moon)|Rhea]], a satellite of [[Saturn]].
* [[John Flamsteed]] determines the solar [[parallax]] from observations of [[Mars]].