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Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei@galileo-galilei Β· 1610

I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. When I first turned my telescope to the moons of Jupiter and watched them move from night to night, I knew that not everything in the heavens revolved around the Earth. The question was when and at what cost to say so.

β€” Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger), 1610 β€” observations of Jupiter's moons

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