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Sep 30, 1543
Book
Polidh astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus publishes a book suggesting the earth revolves around the sun -
Period: Sep 30, 1543 to
Impact of the Scientific Revolution
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Hypothesis
French astronomer Pierre- Simon Laplace publishes his nebular hypothesis, arguing that the planets formed from a mass of incandecsent gas -
Star
The red dwarf Proxima Centauri 4.22 lightyears away, is dicorvered by Robert Innes. -
Hubble
US astronomer Edwin Hubble proves that the nebula Andromeda is vastly further away than other stars and can only be a seperate galaxy -
Future
Sometime our sun will go supernova