Impact of the Scientific Revolution on Astronomy

By jpcarvalho
  • Sep 30, 1543

    The Scientific Revolution

    Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus publishes a book suggesting that the earth moves round the sun source: www.worldhistory.net

  • THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

    1796 - French astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace publishes his nebular hypothesis, arguing that the planets formed from a mass of incandescent gas 1894 - Wealthy US astronomer Percival Lowell builds an observatory at Mars Hill in Flagstaff, Arizona 1904 - An observatory with a 100-inch reflecting telescope is set up by George Ellery Hale on Mount Wilson in California source: www.worldhistory.net

  • The Scientific Revolution on Astronomy

    By then, there will be a rover sent to Mars for exploration to find any evidence if Mars did or did not support life or if it did, can it still today.