Telescopes that Rocked Our World
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Galileo's Discoveries Got Him Into Trouble
Even Copernicus' idea wasn't accepted as reality for a long time. He put the sun at the center with the earth in motion around it. That was one of the things Galileo had to fight. It was that idea that got him into all that trouble. And if I remember correctly, Copernicus was on his deathbed when he published his great work and no one could kill him for it.
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