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MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · January 7 · 1610

ON THIS DAY · 7 JANUARY 1610

Galileo turns his telescope on Jupiter and finds four moons that do…

Galileo turns his telescope on Jupiter and finds four moons that do not orbit the Earth — and the old cosmos begins to give way.

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