But before Galileo began using the telescope or before it was even invented, Galileo proved Aristotle wrong. ... Looking at the moon, Galileo found that the moon closely resembles the earth. ... In 1610 Galileo discovered the four largest satellites of Jupiter. ... Galileo did not merely create models of the solar system or physics which were of absolute theory (Galileo). ... Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler provided huge contributions to astronomy. ...

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Two scientists, Nicholas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei, both held the same theory that the Earth was revolving around the sun, but were punished because the church took the bible to literal that the Earth is at center. ...

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Space Colonization In 1609, Galileo Galilei pointed his newly invented telescope towards the heavens and became the first of all men to see that there were other worlds beyond the Earth. Years later, Nicholas Copernicus paved the way for the modern picture of the universe. He came up with a theory...

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