Copernicus' revolution and Galileo's vision: Our changing view of the universe in pictures
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 07:30
in Astronomy & Space
It's not a stretch to say the Copernican revolution fundamentally changed the way we think about our place in the universe. In antiquity people believed the Earth was the centre of the solar system and the universe, whereas now we know we are on just one of many planets orbiting the sun.