In 1610, Galileo pointed a small telescope at Jupiter and saw four moons orbiting it — a direct contradiction of the idea that everything in the universe orbited Earth, and a moment that did more t...

spacedaily.com/t-in-1610-galileo-pointe...-orbited-earth-and-a-moment-that-did-mIn January 1610, Galileo Galilei pointed a small telescope at Jupiter and saw something no one had ever recorded. Four faint points of light sat in a line beside the planet, and over the following nights they moved, shifting from one side of Jupiter to the other, sometimes disappearing behind it. They were moons, circling […]

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