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How We Found the Universe (Science and Faith)

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

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Aristotle's Fifth Elements - Ether

Aristotle thought there's a fifth element called ether. Ether is so light that we don't have any of it down here on earth. Its natural place is too high up for us to get to. It's what everything in space is made out of, including the moon and stars. Aristotle also had beliefs that sound reasonable, even though modern physics has rejected them.

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