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Period: Jan 1, 1543 to
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
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Galileo Observes Jupiter
Galileo, with his new powerful telescope, observes the moons of Jupiter and spots moving on the surface of the sun -
Pierre-Simon Argues On Formation Of Incandescent Gas
French astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace publishes his nebular hypothesis, arguing that the planets formed from a mass of incandescent gas -
Existence of an Unknown Planet
Percival Lowell predicts the existence of an unknown planet, almost exactly where Pluto is discovered 25 years later. -
Discovery Of The Red Dwarf Star
The nearest star to earth, the red dwarf Proxima Centauri 4.22 light years away, is discovered by Robert Innes, Scottish director of the Johannesburg Observatory -
The Sun In The Year 2031
In the year 2030 the Sun will burn all of the hydrogen in its core, and the fusion will stop. Then the core will shrink under its own gravity, until it becomes so dense that the helium atoms will begin to collide to form carbon. The core will become much hotter, causing the Sun to swell to over one hundred times its present size.
