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  2. European science in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    Optical diagram showing light being refracted by a spherical glass container full of water (from Roger Bacon, De multiplicatione specierum) Grosseteste was the founder of the famous Oxford Franciscan school. He built his work on Aristotle's vision of the dual path of scientific reasoning. Concluding from particular observations into a universal ...

  3. Timeline of cosmological theories - Wikipedia

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    Aryabhatta puts forward the theory of rotation of the Earth in its own axis and explained day and night was caused by the diurnal rotation of the Earth. He models a geocentric universe with the sun, moon, and planets following circular and eccentric orbits with epicycles. [48]

  4. Cosmos - Wikipedia

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    Cosmology is a branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of the universe, a theory or doctrine describing the natural order of the universe. [36] The basic definition of Cosmology is the science of the origin and development of the universe. In modern astronomy, the Big Bang theory is the dominant postulation.

  5. History of the center of the Universe - Wikipedia

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    The center of the Universe is a concept that lacks a coherent definition in modern astronomy; according to standard cosmological theories on the shape of the universe, it has no distinct spatial center. Historically, different people have suggested various locations as the center of the Universe.

  6. Meteorology (Aristotle) - Wikipedia

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    The universe has two regions; the celestial (region past the Moon’s orbit) and the terrestrial region-sphere (the Moon’s tendency to orbit around the Earth) From this theory, Aristotle achieved a distinction between what was understood (astronomy) and his new findings (meteorology) The "Four-element Theory"

  7. Astronomers Found the Ancient Light Source That Literally ...

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    Then, a period of reionization, cleared away this foggy existence an introduced light into the universe. Now, an international team of scientists at the helm of the James Webb Space Telescope have ...

  8. History of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    The theory became the dominant view because many figures, most notably Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler and Isaac Newton championed and improved upon the work. Other figures also aided this new model despite not believing the overall theory, like Tycho Brahe, with his well-known observations. [77]

  9. Hubble finds new evidence of water plumes on Europa - AOL

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    Scientists are almost positive that below Europa's icy exterior, there's about 3 billion cubic kilometers of water sloshing around in a subsurface ocean.