... he had made incredible discoveries: he was able to observe Jupiter's moons and saw the Milky Way was made up of stars. These discoveries lead him to publish the Starry Messenger the following year. Starry Messenger and his work with telescopes brought him to celebrity status. While working on calculations for his astronomical observations, Galileo came upon a serious problem: all of his calculations assumed ... ...

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... his predecessor Nicholas Copernicus, a Polish astronomer who developed the heliocentric theory that the earth rotates daily on its axis and revolves yearly around the sun. In 1610, Galileo published The Starry Messenger, presenting his findings. This new theory went completely against the ancient belief that the earth was the center of the universe and aroused a storm of protest from the Catholic Church ... ...

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