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Telescopes that Rocked Our World

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What's Your Reflection on Galileo?

CNN's John Sutter talks to Chris Albrecht, a former Jesuit priest who worked for the Pope. He says Galileo was right about some things but couldn't prove them at the time. The church should have celebrated his discoveries rather than put him under house arrest, he says. What happens today if you discover something that disagrees with the Pope? "I'm not going to find anything in science that's going to disappear," writes Albrecht.

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